Kami (Shinto deity)
Seoritsuhime no Kami
瀬織津比売神
Seoritsuhime appears in the Ōharae no Kotoba as a kami who dwells in the rapids of rivers that fall from the mountains. As one of the Haraedo Shishin (four kami of Haraedo), Seoritsuhime has the role of linking the flow of rivers with purification.
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One of the Haraedo Shishin
Seoritsuhime appears in the Ōharae no Kotoba as a kami who dwells in the rapids of rivers that fall from the mountains. As one of the Haraedo Shishin (four kami of Haraedo), Seoritsuhime has the role of linking the flow of rivers with purification.
Source: 遠江國一宮 小國神社
The work depicted in the Ōharae no Kotoba
In the Ōharae no Kotoba, Seoritsuhime is told of as a kami who carries sins and impurities away into the great ocean. From there, the work of purification continues on to Hayaakitsuhime no Kami, Ibukidonushi no Kami and Hayasasurahime no Kami.
Source: 遠江國一宮 小國神社
Faith in purification
Hibiya Jinja enshrines the Haraedo Yohashira no Ōkami (the four great kami of Haraedo) and introduces them as kami who govern purification. The four are also enshrined at the Haraenoyashiro of Izumo Taisha. Here we introduce faith in purification, and do not link illness or suffering with the person's own sins.
Source: 日比谷神社・出雲大社
The Ōharae no Kotoba and the Kojiki
The roles of these four kami are drawn from the Ōharae no Kotoba. The kami born in the purification (misogi) in the Kojiki are not simply called the Haraedo Shishin. We also introduce Hayaakitsuhime no Kami (速秋津比売神), who appears in the birth of the kami in the Kojiki, and Hayaakitsuhime no Kami (速開都比売神) of the Ōharae no Kotoba with their writing and sources kept separate.
Source: 遠江國一宮 小國神社・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
Related shrines and temples
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 遠江國一宮 小國神社「大祓詞」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 日比谷神社「ご祭神」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 出雲大社「祓社本殿遷座祭」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「『古事記』上巻・神生み（校訂本文）」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「『古事記』上巻・みそぎ②（校訂本文）」（2026-10-15 確認）