Deity
Kuramitsuha-no-Kami
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki section on the death of Izanami.
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Valley-water deity from the Kojiki (712 CE); paired with Kuraokami from the blood of Kagutsuchi.
Description
Kuramitsuha-no-Kami (闇御津羽神) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section on the death of Izanami. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. The deity emerged from the blood pooled on the sword hilt when Izanagi slew the fire deity Kagutsuchi, paired with Kuraokami-no-Kami. The name element "mitsuha" denotes the dragon-serpent of waters of the dark valley. The deity belongs to the line of valley-water deities formed in the Kagutsuchi-slaying scene. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
Sources
闇御津羽神 くらみつはのかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」闇御津羽神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kuramitsuhanokami/クラミツハ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
闇御津羽神（クラミツハ）について、カグツチ斬殺の血から闇淤加美神と対をなして生まれた水神としての位置、谷から湧く水の象徴、賀久留神社など祭祀地を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9F%E3%83%84%E3%83%8F
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