大禍津日神おおまがつひのかみ

noun

the great evil god; Ōmagatsuhi no kami

A Shinto deity of calamity and misfortune, often paired with 禍津日神 (Magatsuhi no kami). Appears in classical mythology and purification contexts.

See also: 禍津日神

• 大おお禍津日神まがつひのかみは、古こ事じ記きに登とう場じょうする災わざわいの神かみである。

  Ōmagatsuhi no kami is a deity of calamity that appears in the Kojiki.

• 大祓詞おおはらえのことばでは、大おお禍津日神まがつひのかみに穢けがれを引ひき受うけてもらう。

  In the Great Purification Prayer, Ōmagatsuhi no kami is asked to take on impurities.