Read, reflect, pray

Well kami purification

井戸神祓ゐどのかみのはらひ

A text in the 1911 Shintō Ōharai Zenshū anthology. It is presented as a historical reading, not the current ritual of every shrine or temple.

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This site’s English rendering of the Japanese meaning guide, aligned with this edition. It is separate from the source words for recitation and is not an official liturgy. Sacred sounds are explained where possible, not given speculative literal translations. Historical beliefs, royal authority, illness and protection claims belong to the text; they are not present-day judgments, medical advice or guarantees of results.

By command of Kamurogi and Kamuromi, imperial ancestral kami in Takamagahara, we welcome Mizuhanome. Placing sacred offerings of cloth at the well’s edge, we offer prayer. Hear us and fill the well with abundant flowing water. Many kami together, hear us gently and peacefully: with reverence, we speak.

Source text and reading aid

No Roman-letter reading is supplied for this text. Please consult the Japanese page’s edition notes; this page does not guess a pronunciation from Chinese characters.

高天原（たかまがはら）に神留座（かみとゞまりましま）す皇親（すめむつ）、神漏岐（かみろぎ）神漏美（かみろみ）の命（みこと）を以（もつ）て、罔象女神（みつはめのかみ）を奉請（おきたてまつり）て、宇津（うづ）の幣帛（みてくら）、井輪（かまはり）に取刺（とりさし）て祈給（いのりたま）ひ、祷（みほぎ）申（まう）す事（こと）を所聞食（きこしめし）ては、允（まこと）に沸泉（みづみたし）と成足（なりたら）してん、八百万神等（やほよろづのかみたち）諸共（もろとも）に平（たひら）けく安（やすら）けく所聞食（きこしめせ）と、恐美謹美（おそれみつゝしみ）申（まう）す。

Connected kami and buddhas

These connections include figures addressed, mentioned, or associated by tradition. They do not assign a universal recitation practice.

Mitsuhanome no Kami弥都波能売神

Sources and edition (1)

国立国会図書館／神誠館ほか — 神道太祓大全：神拝祝詞（1911年）第15項『井戸神祓』

English explanations on this page were prepared by Inori no Mori from the cited text and its Japanese explanations. They are not an official translation or a prescribed liturgy.

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