Oyamakui no Kami

Oyamakui no Kami
Sanno Gongen Hall (Makiyama Hannyuin Chou Temple)
Major cult centreHiyoshi Taisha
Matsunoo Taisha
Genealogy
Parents

Oyamakui no Kami (大山咋神) is a Japanese god highly significant in Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō, and worshipped in the Hiyoshi Taisha network of shrines and the Matsunoo Taisha network. They are also known as Sanno Gongen (山王権現) in a Buddhist context. They are the son of Toshigami and grandson of Susanoo. Oyamakui no Kami is considered to be androgynous and possibly hermaphroditic. They are the kami of mountains and good health.

Due to their prominence at Hiyoshi Taisha the Chinjusha of Enryaku-ji, the head temple of Tendai and the shrine itself leading Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō, they have a very prominent role in the sect, often in the consolidated divinity of Sanno Gongen.

Sanno Gongen is the archetypal deity of heaven, earth, and human beings, the spirit dwelling in the green of the willow, the red of the blossom. This is a truth transmitted from mind to mind

Kenmitsu naishogi:67

The Kojiki says they live on Mount Hiei. He is also worshipped at Hie Shrine.