Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami (Shinto deity)

Tamayoribime

玉依毘売たまよりびめ

An illustration of Tamayoribime created for this site
An original illustration made for this site.

Tamayoribime is told of as a child of the sea kami and the younger sister of Toyotamabime. She is sent from the land of the sea kami to the land above to raise Ukayafukiaezu no Mikoto, whom her elder sister bore.

This page introduces the myths told in the classics and the faith handed down in various places, with their sources. It does not guarantee that any particular wish will be fulfilled.

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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What kind of kami

Tamayoribime is told of as a child of the sea kami and the younger sister of Toyotamabime. She is sent from the land of the sea kami to the land above to raise Ukayafukiaezu no Mikoto, whom her elder sister bore.

Source: 國學院大學

What the myths hand down

She is later united with Ukayafukiaezu no Mikoto and gives birth to four kami: Itsuse no Mikoto, Inahi no Mikoto, Mikenu no Mikoto and Wakamikenu no Mikoto. Wakamikenu no Mikoto is told of as a name that leads on to Emperor Jinmu.

Source: 國學院大學

Links between the sources and faith

The name Tamayoribime is interpreted in relation to a woman upon whom a divine spirit descends. Because there are traditions of figures named Tamayorihime in many regions, this page limits its scope to the account in the Kojiki of the daughter of the sea kami.

Source: 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

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Sources (in Japanese)