Deity
Ehime-no-Kami
Ehime-no-Kami is a divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. It appears in the Kojiki chapter on the birth of lands and deities.
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Divine name from the Kojiki (712 CE) birth-of-lands chapter; associated with the face of Iyo and modern Ehime.
Description
Ehime-no-Kami (愛比売) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), in the upper scroll section concerning the birth of the lands and the birth of the deities by Izanagi and Izanami. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves this reading. The name is associated with one of the faces of Iyo-no-futana-no-shima (present-day Shikoku) and serves as the source of the place name Ehime (modern Ehime Prefecture). IZANORA records this name as it appears in the source, treating the citation as the starting point for any relational links.
Sources
愛比売 えひめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」愛比売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/ehime/国産み - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
『古事記』国生み段で四国（伊予之二名島）の四面の一つとして登場する伊予国の別名・愛比売について、四面神格の構成と現在の愛媛県名の由来を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E7%94%9F%E3%81%BF
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