Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami of the Kojiki

Kuni no Sazuchi no Kami

国之狭土神くにのさづちのかみ

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

Listed in the lineage as the second child, following Ame no Sazuchi no Kami, among the eight kami born when Ōyamatsumi no Kami and Notsuchi no Kami divided between them the mountains and the moors.

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

Listed in the lineage as the second child, following Ame no Sazuchi no Kami, among the eight kami born when Ōyamatsumi no Kami and Notsuchi no Kami divided between them the mountains and the moors.

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)