Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami of the Kojiki

Kamuōichihime

神大市比売かむおおいちひめ

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

She appears in the lineage of Susanoo no Mikoto as the daughter of Ōyamatsumi no Kami. It is recorded that with Susanoo no Mikoto she bore two kami, Ōtoshi no Kami and Ukanomitama 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

She appears in the lineage of Susanoo no Mikoto as the daughter of Ōyamatsumi no Kami. It is recorded that with Susanoo no Mikoto she bore two kami, Ōtoshi no Kami and Ukanomitama 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 Palace at Suga” (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)