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Hayakitsuhiko and Hayakitsuhime are deities that appear in Japanese mythology. In the "Kojiki," they are referred to as Hayakitsuhiko-no-kami and Hayakitsuhime-no-kami, while in the "Nihon Shoki," they are mentioned as Hayakitsuhi-no-mikoto. The "Kojiki" also refers to them by another name, Minato-no-kami, which means the gods of the port.
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In the "Kojiki," the deities are named Hayakitsuhiko-no-kami and Hayakitsuhime-no-kami. In the "Oharae no Kotoba" (Great Purification Prayer), the name used is Hayakitsuhime. In one volume of the "Nihon Shoki," they are also known by the alternate name Hayakitsuhi-no-mikoto.
During the creation of gods, they were born as a male and female pair from the deities Izanagi and Izanami, with Minato-no-kami being a collective term for them. In the "Nihon Shoki," they are called the gods of water gates and referred to as Hayakitsuhi-no-mikoto.
The "Kojiki" records that the following pairs of deities, all related to water, were born between these two gods:[1][2]
- Ahanagi-no-kami (沫那藝神) and Ahanami-no-kami (沫那美神)[1][2]
- Tsuranagi-no-kami (頬那藝神) and Tsuranami-no-kami (頬那美神)[1][2]
- Ame-no-Mikumari-no-Kami and Kuni-no-Mikumari-no-Kami[1][2]
- Ame-no-Kuhizamochi-no-kami (天之久比奢母智神) and Kuni-no-Kuhizamochi-no-kami (国之久比奢母智神)[1][2]
Additionally, the main deity of the Hinomori Shrine in Izumo city, Kushiyatama-no-kami, who served as a kashiwade (ritual server) at the palace built for Okuninushi during the pacification of Ashihara-no-nakatsukuni (the central land of reed plains), is recorded as a grandchild of the two Minato gods.
The word "hayakitsu" in their names is interpreted to mean a person of rapid and robust vigor at a river mouth, with "haya" meaning rapid, "aki" as a borrowed character for "open," and "tsu" interpreted as port.[3]
In the "Oharae no Kotoba," it is stated that the sins and impurities washed downstream by the river were swallowed by a deity named Hayakitsuhime (瀬織津姫), referred to in the prayer as sitting among the tides of the eight hundred paths of rough tides.
In the Nihongi, these kami are not named individually but are collectively referred to as Hayaakitsumi, the kami of the River Mouths. The text notes that they were born after the eighth god Yamatsumi.[4][5].[4][2]
Hayaakitsuhiko[change | change source]
Hayaakitsuhiko, whose name translates to "Rushing River Mouth Lad," number nine of the ten deities born to Izanami and Izanagi after they formed the Eightfold Isles and the following six isles, in the account of the Kojiki. He is the god of river estuaries..[1][5]
Hayaakitsuhime[change | change source]
Hayaakitsuhime, meaning "Lady Rushing River Mouth," the last of the ten deities born to Izanami and Izanagi after they formed the Eightfold Isles and an additional six isles, in the account of the Kojiki. She is the goddess of sea estuaries. She is mentioned in the Oharae no Kotoba, Hymn 10, which portrays her as consuming impurities at the sea's converging currents.[1][2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Hayaakitsuhime • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ↑ 新潮日本古典集成 古事記
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hayaakitsuhiko • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2024-04-12.