Kariba Myojin Shrine

Japanese: 狩場明神 - かりばみょうじん
Kariba Myojin Shrine

It is enshrined in the second shrine (Ninomiya) of Niutsuhime Shrine (Engi-shiki no Myojin Taisha, formerly Kanpei Taisha, World Heritage Site) located in Kamino Amano, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture, and is a child deity born to Niu Myojin (Niutsuhime no Mikoto) of the first shrine (Ichinomiya). It is also called Koya Myojin or Koya Mikogami. When Kukai founded Mount Koya in 816 (Kōnin 7), he transformed into a hunter with two black and white dogs, handed over the land of Koya to Kukai, and had the dogs guide him, hence the name. This is also said to be the origin of the shrine being the guardian deity of Mount Koya.

[Minoru Sonoda]

[References] | Mount Koya | Hunting Rites | Nyu Myojin Shrine

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

和歌山県伊都郡かつらぎ町上天野に鎮座する丹生都比売(にうつひめ)神社(延喜(えんぎ)式内名神(みょうじん)大社、旧官幣大社、世界文化遺産)の第二殿(二之宮)に祀(まつ)られ、第一殿(一之宮)の丹生明神(丹生都比売命)を母とする御子神(みこがみ)。高野(こうや)明神とも高野御子神ともいう。816年(弘仁7)に空海が高野山を開いたとき、黒白2匹の犬を連れた猟師の姿に化現して空海に高野の地を譲り、犬に道案内させたという由来でこの名がある。またこれが高野山鎮守社になった由来とされている。

[薗田 稔]

[参照項目] | 高野山 | 狩猟儀礼 | 丹生明神

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