Kami of the Kojiki
Shiotsuchi no Kami
塩椎神
When Hoori no Mikoto had lost his elder brother's fishhook and was lamenting by the seashore, Shiotsuchi no Kami built a small boat of manashikatsuma, put him in it and sent him on the tide to the palace of Watatsumi no Kami, teaching him that if he waited on top of the sacred katsura tree by the gate, the daughter of the sea kami would help him.
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
When Hoori no Mikoto had lost his elder brother's fishhook and was lamenting by the seashore, Shiotsuchi no Kami built a small boat of manashikatsuma, put him in it and sent him on the tide to the palace of Watatsumi no Kami, teaching him that if he waited on top of the sacred katsura tree by the gate, the daughter of the sea kami would help him.
Source: 國學院大學・青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂
Scenes in the text
Appears in the Kojiki in “The Visit to the Land of the Sea 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
A wise old man who shows the way across the sea
In the Kojiki, Shiotsuchi no Kami builds a small boat for Hoori no Mikoto and shows him the way to the palace of the sea kami. Because he appears in the Nihon Shoki under names such as Shiotsuchi no Oji, he is drawn here as a white-haired old man. While keeping the names and ways of telling in each book distinct, please look at his role as a guide on the sea.
Source: 國學院大學・青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂
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
Related shrines and temples
Sources (in Japanese)
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「塩椎神」」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂「校註 古事記 〔海幸と山幸〕」（2026-10-15 確認）