Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami of the Kojiki

Hayaakitsuhiko no Kami

速秋津日子神はやあきつひこのかみ

An illustration of Hayaakitsuhiko no Kami created for this site
An original illustration made for this site.

Hayaakitsuhiko no Kami and Hayaakitsuhime no Kami were born to the two kami Izanagi and Izanami as the kami of the river mouths. The two kami divided the river and the sea between them and brought into being eight kami: Awanagi no Kami, Awanami no Kami, Tsuranagi no Kami, Tsuranami no Kami, Ame no Mikumari no Kami, Kuni no Mikumari no Kami, Ame no Kuizamochi no Kami and Kuni no Kuhizamochi no Kami.

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 genealogy in the Kojiki

Hayaakitsuhiko no Kami and Hayaakitsuhime no Kami were born to the two kami Izanagi and Izanami as the kami of the river mouths. The two kami divided the river and the sea between them and brought into being eight kami: Awanagi no Kami, Awanami no Kami, Tsuranagi no Kami, Tsuranami no Kami, Ame no Mikumari no Kami, Kuni no Mikumari no Kami, Ame no Kuizamochi no Kami and Kuni no Kuhizamochi no Kami.

Source: 國學院大學・青空文庫/武田祐吉校訂・國學院大學

Scenes in the text

Appears in the Kojiki in “The Birth of the Land and the Kami” (first volume). You can trace the relevant passages of the text through the sources below.

Source: 國學院大學・青空文庫/武田祐吉校訂・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)