Deity
Umukaihime-no-Kami
Umukaihime-no-Kami is a divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. It appears in the Kojiki chapter on the visit to the Land of Roots.
In 30 seconds
A divine name from the Kojiki (712 CE), tied to the upper-scroll visit to the Land of Roots.
Description
Umukaihime-no-Kami (蛤貝比売, also read Umukahihime) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section concerning the visit to the Land of Roots (Ne-no-Katasukuni). The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading as recorded in the Kojiki. The figure is referenced as part of the narrative scene in the source text. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA treats the textual citation as the starting point for any relational links.
Sources
蛤貝比売 うむかひひめ／うむかいひめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」蛤貝比売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/umukaihime/ウムギヒメ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
蛤貝比売について、古事記大国主神復活段で神産巣日神の命により蚶貝比売とともに大国主神を蘇生させる場面、出雲国風土記の法吉鳥化身伝承を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%9B%A4%E8%B2%9D%E6%AF%94%E5%A3%B2
Read next
Your ties
Trace your own ties
Begin from what you have just read, and open the connections that are yours.
Trace your ties