Okuninushi myths and legends

This myth tells the story of the gentle god Okuninushi, then known as Onamuchi, who traveled to the land of Inaba alongside his eighty jealous brothers. Along the way, he showed compassion to the flayed White Hare of Inaba, who prophesied that Onamuchi would win the hand of the beautiful Princess Yakami-hime. Despite his brothers' cruelty and attempts on his life, the princess rejected the...

Driven by intense jealousy, the eighty brothers of Onamuji plot to murder him on Mount Tema. They trick him into catching a red-hot boulder under the pretense that it is a giant red boar running down the mountain. Onamuji catches the scorching stone and is instantly killed, but he is subsequently resurrected by his mother and two celestial clam goddesses.