Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami of the Kojiki

Kukutoshi no Kami

久々年神くくとしのかみ

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

Recorded in the lineage as the seventh child of the eight kami born when Hayamato no Kami took Ōgetsuhime no Kami as wife, listed just before Kukukiwakamurotsunane 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

Recorded in the lineage as the seventh child of the eight kami born when Hayamato no Kami took Ōgetsuhime no Kami as wife, listed just before Kukukiwakamurotsunane 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 Genealogy of Ōtoshi no 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)