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Toshigami (年神or歳神, Toshigami or Tomo, lit. "year god"), also known as Ōtoshi-no-kami (大年神, lit. "great year god"), is a Japanese kami and a part of the Shinto pantheon.

Toshigami
Harvest, grain

Other names	Toshigami (大年神)
年神or歳神	Japanese
Genealogy
Parents	Susanoo (father) Kamuōichi-hime (mother)
Siblings	Ukanomitama
Consorts	Ino-hime (伊怒比売) Kaguyo-hime (香用比売) Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売)
Offspring	Oyamakui no Kami

Etymology

The 年 (nen) kanji originally meant "harvest", which became "year" over time as harvest happened once each year. Toshigami was therefore the god of abundant harvests, and specifically of grain or rice.^[1]^[2] The character 神 (kami) literally means "god" or "deity".

Mythology

Parentage and siblings

According to the Kojiki, Toshigami was the son of Susanoo and Kamuo Ichihime and the older brother of Ukanomitama.^[1]^[2]

Family

Toshigami had offspring through three different wives: Ino-hime (伊怒比売), Kaguyo-hime (香用比売), and Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売).^[1] Through Ino-hime, his children include Ohokuni-mitama (大国御魂神), Kara-kami (韓神),^[3] Sofuri-kami (曾富理神), Shirahi-no-kami (白日神), and Hijiri-no-kami (聖神). His children by Kaguyo-hime include Ōkaguyama-tomi (大香山戸臣神) and Mitoshi-no-kami (御年神). With Amechikarumizu-hime, he had Okitsu-hiko-no-kami (奥津日子神), Okitsu-hime-no-mikoto (奥津比売命), Oyamakui-no-kami (大山咋神),^[4] Niwa-tsuhi-no-kami (庭津日神), Asuha-no-kami, Hahiki-no-kami, Kaguyama-tomi-no-kami (香山戸臣神), Hayamato-no-kami (羽山戸神), Niwataka-tsuhi-no-kami (庭高津日神), and Ōtsuchi-no-kami (大土神).

Family tree

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Ōyamatsumi^[5]^[6]^[7]

Susanoo^[8]^[9]^[10]^: 277

Kamuo Ichihime^[6]^[7]^[11]^[12]

Konohanachiru-hime^[13]^[10]^: 277

Ashinazuchi^[14]^[15]

Toshigami^[12]^[11]

Ukanomitama^[6]^[7]
(Inari)^[16]

Kushinadahime^[15]^[18]^[10]^: 277

Yashimajinumi^[13]^[10]^: 277

Kagutsuchi^[19]

Hikawahime [ja]^[21]^[10]^: 278

Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja]^[10]^: 278

Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja]^[10]^: 278

Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja]^[10]^: 278

Funozuno [ja]^[10]^: 278

Sashikuni Okami [ja]^[10]^: 278

Omizunu^[10]^: 278

Futemimi [ja]^[10]^: 278

Sashikuni Wakahime [ja]^[10]^: 278

Ame-no-Fuyukinu^[22]^[23]^[10]^: 278

Takamimusubi^[24]^[25]

Futodama^[24]^[25]

Nunakawahime^[26]

Ōkuninushi^[27]^[10]^: 278
(Ōnamuchi)^[28]

Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto^[29]

Kotoshironushi^[30]^[31]

Tamakushi-hime^[29]

Takeminakata^[32]^[33]

JAPANESE
EMPERORS

711–585 BC

Jimmu^[35]
660–585 BC⁽¹⁾

Himetataraisuzu-hime^[35]

Kamo no Okimi^[30]^[36]

632–549 BC

Suizei^[37]^[38]^[39]
581–549 BC⁽²⁾

Isuzuyori-hime^[36]^[40]

Hikoyai^[37]^[38]^[39]

Kamuyaimimi^[37]^[38]^[39]
d.577 BC

Miwa clan and Kamo clan

Nunasokonakatsu-hime^[41]^[30]

Imperial House of Japan

Ō clan^[42]^[43] and Aso clan^[44]

Pink is female.
Blue is male.
Grey means other or unknown.
Clans, families, people groups are in green.

See also

Seven Lucky Gods

References

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External links

The dictionary definition of toshigami at Wiktionary

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