Iwate Shrines of Seoritsuhime

Seoritsuhime is the guardian spirit of rapids, rivers, and purification. She was also an accomplished woman of the Wosite World. Yamanomiya has posted a series of reports on Seoritsuhime shrines in Tono and Hanamaki, Iwate. The series begins with the post, Iwate Shrines of Seoritsuhime .

This post begins a series on eight shrines of Seoritsuhime in Iwate prefecture. At the core is a group of five related shrines in Tōno. They are as well connected geometrically, Genbu claims. There is a legend in Tōno about three sister megami (female kami). Three of the shrines represent the sisters, the fourth the mother. All are shrines of Seoritsuhime.

The sites visited include:

• Kitakami River source: Yuhazu no Izumi at Mido Kannon, Iwate town
• Sakuramatsu Jinja and Fudo Taki, Hachimantai
• Ishigami Jinja, Tōno
• Kamiwakare Jinja, Tōno
• Hayachine Jinja, Tōno
• Rokko-ushi Jinja, Tōno
• Izu Jinja, Tōno
• Tsuzuki Ishi, Connected Rocks, Tōno
• Hayachine Jinja, Hanamaki

Tsubaki Jinja, Nagoya

Yamanomiya, our sister site, has posted a visit to the Tsubaki Jinja in Nagoya. It turns out that this shrine honors three of the great Wosite persons we have met here on Woshite World. They are Toyoke-sama, his grandson the Amakami Amateru, and the latter’s consort Seoritsuhime.

 

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