犬いぬ神がみ使つかい

noun

dog-spirit shaman; witch doctor who uses inugami

A person who controls or employs inugami (dog spirits) in Japanese folk belief, often for cursing or divination. The term is historical and folkloric.

• 犬いぬ神がみ使つかいは、犬いぬ神がみを操あやつって人ひとを呪のろうと信しんじられていた。

  It was believed that an inugami-tsukai would curse people by manipulating dog spirits.