Etymology

Ōyamatsumi

Today it means: A brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war. Full definition →

Japanese 大山祇
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from大山祇
  2. English todayŌyamatsumi

Borrowed from Japanese 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi, literally “great mountain god”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.