Michinonagachiha

• Affiliation: Shinto
• Kami of: Travel
• Family: Izanagi (father)

Michinonagachiha

Michinonagachiha (道之長乳歯神 – Long Winding Way Stones) was the second of 12 Shinto kami born from Izanagi removing items from his body after wanting to wash and cleanse himself after visiting Yomi. This kami was formed from his Sash. He is known as a travel kami. This is related in the Kojiki.¹

The Nihongi calls this kami Nagachiha and states they were the second of five born from the clothes of Izanagi.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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