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Izasawake |
[Izasawake no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Izasawake no ōkami no mikoto, Kehi no ōkami( Kojiki ), Kehi no ō kami ( Nihongi ). A kami of Koshi Province (Echizen) with whom then-crown-prince Ōjin exchanged names. Also, the deity of the shrine Kehi Jingū. Legends regarding the deity's or... |
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Kagutsuchi |
[Kagutsuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kagutsuchi no mikoto, Hinoyagihayao no kami, Hinokagabiko no kami ( Kojiki ), Ho musuhi ( Nihongi ). The kami of fire or hi no kami. According to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Izanami suffered mortal ... |
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Kamimusuhi |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Kamimusuhi no kami, Kamimusuhi no mioya no kami, Kamimusuhi no mikoto( Kojiki. Nihongi ) According to Kojiki , one of the three kami of creation ( zōka sanshin ), and classed as one of the "separate heavenly kami " ( kotoamatsukami ). Kamimu... |
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Kamotaketsunumi |
[Kamo Taketsunumi no mikoto] (Fudoki) Principal object of worship ( saijin ) of the shrine Kamo no Mioya Jinja. According to fragmentary passage from the Yamashiro no kuni fudoki , the kami originally descended to the peak of Takachiho in Hyūga (Kyushu), and acted as guide to emperor ... |
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Kamuyamatoiwarebiko |
[Kamu yamato iwarebiko](Kojiki) Other names: Kamuyamato iwarebiko hohodemi no sumera mikoto, Wakamikenu no mikoto, Toyomikenu no mikoto, Sano mikoto, Hatsukuni shirasu sumera mikoto. Names referring to the first legendary emperor Jinmu. The fourth child of Ugayafukiaezu an... |
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Kanayamabiko, Kanayamabime |
[Kanayamabiko no kami.Kanayamabime no kami] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , these kami were produced from the vomit ( taguri ) emitted by Izanami as she lay dying following the birth of the kami of fire Kagutsuchi. An "alternate writing" relating the same event in Nihongi ... |
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Kawanokami |
[Kawa no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kahaku( Nihongi ) A generic name for kami of rivers and streams. The lineage of this kami is not described in the classics. Nihongi 's record of Emperor Nintoku's reign contains an anecdote regarding the offering of human sacrifices ( hitobashira ... |
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Kayanohime |
[Kaya no hime no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Nozuchi no kami( Kojiki ), Nozuchi, Itsu no nozuchi( Nihongi ) A kami of field and grasses produced by Izanagi and Izanami. According to Nihongi , after giving birth to the land, seas, rivers and mountains, Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to t... |
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Kogotomusubi |
(Nihongi) The father of Amanokoyane, ancestral kami of the Fujiwara clan. According to the "divine-age" records in Sendai kuji hongi , Kogotomusubi was identified as the mikogami (divine offspring) of Ichichimusuhi no mikoto, a kami in the lineage of another kami , Tsu... |
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Konohanasakuyahime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Konohana no sakuya hime ( Kojiki ), Konohana sakuya hime no mikoto( Nihongi ), Kamuatatsu hime, Kamu toyoatatsu hime, Kamu atakaashitsu hime ( Nihongi ) The daughter of Ōyamatsumi (according to the main text of Nihongi , the offspring of Ōyamatsumi a... |
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Kotokatsukunikatsunagasa |
[Kotokatsu kunikatsunagasa no mikoto] (Nihongi) A local kami who greeted the heavenly grandchild Ninigi upon his arrival at Kasasa of Ata no Nagaya (in Kagoshima Prefecture) after his descent from heaven ( tenson kōrin ). Nihongi states that the kami made a free-will offering of th... |
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Kotoshironushi |
[Kotoshironushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kotoshironushi no mikoto( Nihongi ), Yae kotoshironushi no kami ( Kojiki ) Offspring of the kami Ōkuninushi. As part of the pacification of the "Central Land of Reed Plains" (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni), Takemikazuchi, env... |
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Kuebiko |
(Kojiki) Other names: Yamada no Sohodo ( Kojiki ) A kami incapable of walking but possessing broad knowledge of things in the world. According to Kojiki , a kami arrived from across the ocean at Cape Miho in Izumo, where the kami Ōkuninushi was residing. Since no one knew the identity of ... |
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Kukunochi |
[Kukunochi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ki no kami ( Kojiki, Nihongi ) The kami of trees, called "spirit of trees" ( kodama ) in Engishiki . According to Kojiki , Kukunochi was born after Izanagi and Izanami finished giving birth to the land (see kuniumi ). Nihongi likewis... |
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Kukurihime |
[Kukurihime no kami] (Nihongi) A kami of mediation and negotiation. According to an account transmitted by Nihongi , following the death of his wife Izanami, Izanagi went to the underworld (Yomi) to retrieve her; breaking the taboo ( kinki ) against viewing his dead wife, Izanagi wa... |
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Kumanokusubi |
[Kumano Kusubi no mikoto] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Kumano no oshihomi no mikoto, Kumano no oshikuma no mikoto, Kumano no oshisumi no mikoto,Kumano no osumi no mikoto ( Nihongi ) The fifth of five male and three female offspring produced as a result of the trial by pledge ( ukei ) ... |
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Kunitokotachi |
[Kuni tokotachi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kuni no tokotachi no kami( Kojiki ), Kuni no tokotachi no mikoto( Nihongi ) One of the first kami to appear in the mythical accounts of the unfolding of heaven and earth. Believed to represent the "foundation of the land," the n... |
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Kuraokami, Takaokami, Kuramitsuha |
(Nihongi) Other names: Kuraokami no kami, Takaokami no kami( Kojiki ) Kami produced from the blood that dripped from Izanagi's sword when he killed the kami of fire, Kagutsuchi. When Izanagi's consort Izanami gave birth to the kami of fire, she was burned and died. Enraged and sadden... |
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Kushinadahime |
[Kushinada hime](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Kushi inada hime( Nihongi ) The daughter of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi. About to be devoured by the serpent Yamata no orochi, Kushinadahime was saved by Susanoo in exchange for becoming his wife. Susanoo transformed the girl into a c... |
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Michinonagachiha |
[Michi no nagachiha no kami] (Kojiki) A kami produced from the belt discarded by Izanagi in preparation for performing ablutions. According to Kojiki , Izanagi cast away the belt as he fled from the polluted underworld of Yomi and arrived at "Awakihara by the Strait of Tachiban... |
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