Deity
Kisakaihime
Kisakaihime is a divine name appearing in the Kojiki upper scroll Land of Roots visit of Okuninushi. The reading is recorded as kisakahihime or kisakaihime.
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Cockle-shell deity from the Kojiki (712 CE); helped revive Okuninushi at the Land of Roots.
Description
Kisakaihime (キサ貝比売) is a divine name recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll Land of Roots visit section of Okuninushi. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. According to the Kojiki, when Okuninushi was burned to death by the eighty deities, his mother Sashikuniwakahime pleaded with Kamimusubi, who dispatched Kisakaihime (cockle-shell deity) and Umugaihime (clam-shell deity) to revive him. Kisakaihime ground her shell as the "mother's milk" and Umugaihime applied it as moisture, restoring Okuninushi to life. The Kokugakuin Database treats this as part of the textual citation; IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
Sources
キサ貝比売 きさかひひめ／きさかいひめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」キサ貝比売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kisakaihime/キサガイヒメ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
キサ貝比売（赤貝の女神）について、古事記オオナムヂ蘇生譚における役割、対偶のウムギヒメとの祭祀、出雲・伯耆を中心とする現在の祭祀地を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%92%E3%83%A1
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