Kami of the Kojiki
Yakamihime
八上比売
Yakamihime of Inaba turned down the proposals of the Yasogami (the many kami) and declared that she would become the wife of Ōnamuji no Kami. Later she bore a child by Ōnamuji no Kami, but it is told that, fearing his principal wife Suseribime, she left the child in the fork of a tree and returned to her home. That child is Kinomata no Kami, also called Mii 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
Yakamihime of Inaba turned down the proposals of the Yasogami (the many kami) and declared that she would become the wife of Ōnamuji no Kami. Later she bore a child by Ōnamuji no Kami, but it is told that, fearing his principal wife Suseribime, she left the child in the fork of a tree and returned to her home. That child is Kinomata no Kami, also called Mii no Kami.
Source: 國學院大學・青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂・青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂・國學院大學・國學院大學・國學院大學
Scenes in the text
Appears in the Kojiki in “The White Hare of Inaba” (first volume) and “The Visit to Ne no Katasu Kuni” (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・青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂・國學院大學・國學院大學・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)
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「八上比売」」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂「校註 古事記 〔菟と鰐〕」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 青空文庫／武田祐吉校訂「校註 古事記 〔根の堅州國〕」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー 稲羽の素兎」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー 八十神の迫害」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー 根の堅州国訪問②」（2026-10-15 確認）