本居宣長
The - The happy and loving side of a whole, complete spirit (mitama); this is the soul of blessing and prosperity. In a scene of the Nihon Shoki, "kami" Ōnamuchi is described in conversation with his own "saki-mitama" and "kushi-mitama". Within Shinto also exists the idea that this the soul which brings good harvests and catches. Motoori Norinaga and others however believe this to be no more than a function of the "nigi-mitama".