大山祇

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • (mythology) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 大 (big, great, large, grand, arch-, laughing, last day of a lunar month, laughter, counselor, hemorrhage, thirtieth last day of a, major, vassal, bleeding) + Japanese 山 (mountain, Mount, pile, hill)+ Japanese つ + Japanese ojp (god, spirit, sticker-through, region, side, essence, force, girl, under, phonetic character, direction, gods, yellow, beneath, ground, bottom, female)+ Japanese - possessive particle + Japanese 神 (god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study

Concept
Semantic Field

Religion and belief

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
⛩️ ⛪️ 🕋 🕌 🕍 🤲

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