Toshigami
Ōtoshi (大歳神, Ōtoshi-no-kami; lit. "Great-Age God") or Nigihayahi (饒速日尊 Nigihayahi-no-mikoto), commonly known: Toshigami (年神, lit. "Year God") or Ōtoshi (大年神, Ōtoshi-no-kami; lit. "Great-Year God") is a Kami of the Shinto religion in Japan.

He is the son of the Shinto deity Susanoo and the female deity Kamu'ō-ichi-hime (神大市比売), and also the older brother of Uka-no-mitama (宇迦之御魂神, Uka-no-mitama-no-kami), commonly known as Inari (稲荷神, Inari-no-kami). Kamu'ō-ichi-hime is the youngest sister of Kushinadahime, who are both the daughters of Ōyamatsumi (大山津見神). Ōyamatsumi (大山津見神) is the half-brother of Susano'o. Also, he is the father of Mitoshi (御年神, Mitoshi-no-kami/ Otoshi-no-kami) by his wife Kaguyo-hime (香用比売) and the grandfather of Wakatoshi (若年神, Wakatoshi-no-kami), son of Hayamato (羽山戸神, Hayamato-no-kami).

The term consists of two Chinese characters, and , meaning a deity or spirit. "Toshigami" are thought to be deities of the year believed to bring with each New Year. "Toshigami" are also thought to be the spirits of ancestors.

His shrines are scattered throughout Western Japan where he is venerated. The following popular and significant shrines are:

* Katsuragi Mitoshi/ Katsuragi Mitose Jinja (葛木御歳神社), in the city of Goseshi, Nara Prefecture, Japan – is the nation's main shrine of the dedicated and celebrated to him
* Ōtoshimi'oya Jinja (大歳御祖神社), part of the compound of Shizuoka Sengen Jinja (静岡浅間神社), in Aoi-ku, city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
* Hidaichi-no-miya Minashi Jinja (飛騨一宮水無神社, commonly: 水無神社 Minashi Jinja), in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan in the former ancient Japanese nation of Hida
* Ōyamato Shrine (大和神社, Ōyamato Jinja), in the city Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan – the city was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Ninken. The right hall of the compound is venerated to him, while the middle hall to the Shinto deity Yamato-no-Ōkunitama (倭大国魂神/ Nihon Shiki: 日本大国魂神 – lit. "Yamato, Spirit of the Great Nation" = (ancient name of Japan)) which this deity theoretically is the same deity as Ōkuninushi (大国主神, Ōkuninushi-no-kami), and the left hall to the Shinto deity to Yachihoko (八千戈大神, Yachihoko-no-Ōkami), another name of the deity Ōkuninushi (大国主神, Ōkuninushi-no-kami).
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