Prayer of Reverence to the Two Hitachi Shrines

拝常陸両社詞

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The shrines of Ōarai and Sakatsura

The shrines of Ōarai and Sakatsura

Hitachinokunikashimanokohoriōarahīsosakinoyashironakanokohorisakatsuraisosakinoyashiro ni kaheri shizumarimashite常陸国鹿島郡大洗磯前社、那賀郡酒列磯前社に帰り鎮座坐して

Teachings brought from other lands

Totsukuniguni no kototori tamai majinahi no wazakusuri no michi o awaremi tsutahe tamaishi外国々の事掌り給ひ、禁厭の術、医薬の方を哀れみ伝へ給ひし

Distant worship of the two kami

Ōnamochi no kamisukunahikona no kamifutahashiranomimae o大名持神、少彦名神、二柱の御前を

Tsutsushimi uyamahi kashikomi kashikomi mo haruka ni ogami matsuru慎み敬ひ、畏み畏みも遥かに拝み奉る

TranslationThe shrines of Ōarai and Sakatsura

Having returned and taken their places at Ōarai Isosaki Shrine in Kashima District and Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine in Naka District, Hitachi Province,

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Overview

A historical morning prayer worshipping Onamochi no Kami and Sukunahikona no Kami at Oarai Isosaki and Sakatsura Isosaki and praising the knowledge attributed to the two kami.

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Purposes

  • To worship the two Hitachi shrines and their kami from afar
  • To honour the medical and other knowledge said to have been transmitted by the two kami

Deities and subjects

Onamochi no Kami
Is revered as a kami associated with both Oarai and Sakatsura Isosaki
Sukunahikona no Kami
Is worshipped with Onamochi as a transmitter of medicine and related knowledge

Background

This prayer appears in a nineteenth-century collection of morning devotions. Its district, shrine, and divine names preserve the forms printed in 1881 and are kept distinct from the spellings used by the shrines today.

Flow of the text

Across 3 sections, the text moves from “The shrines of Ōarai and Sakatsura” to “Distant worship of the two kami.”

What to know before reading

  • After naming the two shrines, the prayer turns to knowledge that the two kami are said to have brought from lands beyond.

  • It includes historical terms connected with medicine and incantatory practice.

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