Read, reflect, pray
Homage to the well kami
拝井神詞
An 1897 example naming Mizuhanome and Mii. It is presented as a historical form of prayer.
English meaning and source text
English meaning
About this English rendering
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.
To Mizuhanome, Mii no Kami, and Naruikazuchi, enshrined at the well,
the deities whose names I thus speak:
may we receive today’s heavenly water as the sacred water of the long well of Ame no Oshi-iwa,
I pray.
May we be free from calamities and receive happiness through your august power.
With reverence I ask.
Source text and reading aid
Roman letters are provided for every line of this source text.
How to use the Roman letters
Roman letters follow the kana displayed in this site’s Japanese reader; some readings are editorial additions documented on the Japanese page. These are a reading aid, not restored Sanskrit or a recording of a temple’s chanting. Historical spellings (such as wo, wi, we and ha used as a particle) are kept. Double vowels and repeated vowels mark the written kana; rhythm and pronunciation can differ by tradition.
You can simply read the meaning or sit quietly. No recitation is required. For a temple or shrine’s own recitation, follow that tradition’s published guidance.
井処に斎き奉る水波能売神御井神鳴雷神
widoni itsuki matsuru mizuhanomenokami miwinokami naruikazuchinokami
と御名は白して
to minaha mawoshite
今日も賜はる天津水を天忍石の長井水と
kefumo tamaharu amatsumizuwo amenooshihano nagawinomizuto
受けしめ給ひて
ukeshime tamahite
諸々の禍事無く厳の御霊を幸へ給へと恐
moromorono magakoto naku izuno mitamawo sakihahe tamaheto kashiko
み恐みも白す
mi kashikomimo mawosu
Connected kami and buddhas
These connections include figures addressed, mentioned, or associated by tradition. They do not assign a universal recitation practice.
Sources and edition (1)
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.