Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami of the Kojiki

Sohori no Kami

曾富理神そほりのかみ

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

Recorded in the lineage as the kami in third place among the five kami, Ōkunimitama no Kami, Kara no Kami, Sohori no Kami, Shirahi no Kami and Hijiri no Kami, born when Ōtoshi no Kami took Inohime, the daughter of Kamuikusubi no Kami, as wife.

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 kami in third place among the five kami, Ōkunimitama no Kami, Kara no Kami, Sohori no Kami, Shirahi no Kami and Hijiri no Kami, born when Ōtoshi no Kami took Inohime, the daughter of Kamuikusubi no Kami, as wife.

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 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

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)