犬いぬ神がみ

noun

dog spirit; inugami

In Japanese folklore, a spirit of a dog that can possess people, often associated with sorcery and curses. The term can also refer to a deified dog or a dog god in certain contexts.

• 犬いぬ神がみは、西にし日本にほんの民みん間かん信しん仰こうに登とう場じょうする犬いぬの霊れいである。

  Inugami is a dog spirit that appears in the folk beliefs of western Japan.

• 彼かれは犬いぬ神がみに取とり憑つかれたと言いわれている。

  He is said to have been possessed by an inugami.