Kanayamahime

• Affiliation: Shinto
• Deity of: Metals
• Family: Izanami (mother) Kanayamabiko (brother)

Kanayamahime

Kanayamahime (金山毘売神 – Lady Metal Mountain) is a Spirit born from the vomit of Izanami in her death throws after being burnt by giving birth to Kagutsuchi, this is mentioned in the Kojiki.¹ She is the sister of Kanayamabiko.¹

The Engi Rites list shrines to her in Riversides.¹

The Nihongi does not mention her.²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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