The kami Okuninushi is also known as Okunitama no kami or Utsushi kunitama no kami, though it is believed this is because the kunitama no kami from each province were combined into Okuninushi.
大国主の別名に「大国魂神」「顕国魂神」があるが、これは各地の国魂神を大国主に習合させたものと考えられている。