Deity
Kehi-no-Okami
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Chuai scroll on the Kehi Okami.
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Tsuruga deity from the Kojiki (712 CE) Chuai scroll; ichinomiya of Echizen, Engishiki-listed.
Description
Kehi-no-Okami (気比大神) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the Chuai scroll on the Kehi Okami. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. According to the Kojiki, Empress Jingu and the future Emperor Ojin received an oracle from this deity at Tsuruga; the deity and the prince exchanged names, and the prince was named "Homuda-Wake". The deity is venerated at Kehi-Jingu in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture (Echizen Province ichinomiya), listed in the Engishiki (927 CE). Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
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Sources
気比大神 けひのおほかみ／けひのおおかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」気比大神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kehinookami/氣比神宮 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
気比大神（ケヒノオオカミ）について、敦賀の氣比神宮主祭神・北陸道総鎮守としての位置、伊奢沙別命の別称、応神天皇との名替え説話を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%A3%E6%AF%94%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE
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