Deities of seventeen generations

The  are a group of gods in Japanese mythology. The term is present in the Kojiki. Basil Hall Chamberlain translated it as the Deities of seventeen generations.

People do not know why the number is 17, because when you count it, it goes to 15 or 16.

It is in the Kojiki and most prominently linked to the Genealogy of Ōkuninushi. The  might descend from the later generations.

Family tree

Related pages

 Izumo-taisha
 Izumo-no-Kuni Fudoki
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