Kotoshironushi

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Kotoshironushi is a Shinto deity associated with good fortune, fishing, and commerce, often identified with the god Ebisu.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Japanese god Ebisu 1
Kotoshironushi canonical 1
Kotoshironushi-no-Kami 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto deity
kami
alsoKnownAs Kotoshironushi
surface form: Kotoshironushi-no-Kami

Kotoshironushi
surface form: Kotoshironushi-no-Mikoto
appearsIn Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
associatedWith commerce
fishing
good fortune
category Fortune gods
Japanese gods
Sea and fishing deities
cultCenter Asuka Shrine
Miho Shrine
domain harbors
markets
sea
family son of Ōkuninushi
gender male
identifiedWith Ebisu
mythology Japanese mythology
notableMyth ceding the land to the heavenly deities
parent Ōkuninushi
religion Shinto
role bringer of prosperity
protector of fishermen
symbol fishing rod
sea bream
worshipedIn Japan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ikuta Shrine hasDeity Kotoshironushi
Kotoshironushi alsoKnownAs Kotoshironushi
this entity surface form: Kotoshironushi-no-Kami
Kotoshironushi alsoKnownAs Kotoshironushi
this entity surface form: Kotoshironushi-no-Mikoto
Yebisu Beer labelDepicts Kotoshironushi
this entity surface form: Japanese god Ebisu