Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami of the Kojiki

Amachikarumizuhime

天知迦流美豆比売あまちかるみずひめ

An illustration of Amachikarumizuhime created for this site
An original illustration made for this site.

The lineage of Ōtoshi no Kami in the Kojiki records that Ōtoshi no Kami took Amachikarumizuhime as his wife and that they had the kami from Okitsuhiko no Kami to Ōtsuchi no Kami. Her place as a mother kami is shown, but there is no independent story of her deeds in this passage.

This page introduces the name and the story recorded in the Kojiki.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

Story and lineage in the Kojiki

The lineage of Ōtoshi no Kami in the Kojiki records that Ōtoshi no Kami took Amachikarumizuhime as his wife and that they had the kami from Okitsuhiko no Kami to Ōtsuchi no Kami. Her place as a mother kami is shown, but there is no independent story of her deeds in this passage.

Source: 國學院大學・國學院大學

Scenes in the text

Appears in the Kojiki, first volume: “The lineage of Ōtoshi no Kami.” The relevant passages of the text can be traced through the sources below.

Source: 國學院大學・國學院大學

An example of a chant (in Japanese)

祓え給い、清め給え、神(かむ)ながら守り給い、幸(さきわ)え給え

Sources (in Japanese)