Kami (Shinto deity)

Kukurihime no Mikoto

菊理媛尊くくりひめのみこと

Shirayama Hime Jinja enshrines Shirayamahime no Ōkami as Kukurihime no Mikoto. This is connected with faith that looks up to Hakusan and reveres its blessings, and with climbing the mountain in worship, and leads on to the tradition that spread to Hakusan Jinja shrines in many regions.

This page introduces myths and the faith handed down at individual shrines, with their sources. Descriptions of divine virtues are explanations within religious faith and do not guarantee the outcome of any prayer. We do not set uniform rules for the traditions or customs of individual shrines and temples.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

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The goddess of Hakusan

Source: 白山比咩神社・白山比咩神社

Prayers for harmony and for forming bonds

Shirayama Hime Jinja introduces the connection between “kukuri” in the name and kukuru (to bind together), and tells of reverence for her as a kami of harmony and of forming bonds (enmusubi). We present this as the shrine's faith, in which people pray for harmony between people and for good bonds.

Source: 白山比咩神社

Mediation at the border of Yomi

Shirayama Hime Jinja's explanation of the Nihon Shoki introduces Kukurihime no Mikoto as mediating between Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto as they face each other at the border of Yomi. We have not invented and added words or conversations that are not in the sources.

Source: 白山比咩神社

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

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Sources (in Japanese)

白山比咩神社「白山比咩神社について・御祭神」（2026-10-15 確認）
白山比咩神社「白山信仰・奥宮」（2026-10-15 確認）