犬神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犬	神
いぬ Grade: 1	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
犬神 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いぬがみ [ìnúgámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [inɯ̟ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

犬(いぬ)神(がみ) • (inugami) 

1. A (guardian) dog spirit; an attendant/familiar spirit: In Japanese mythology an inugami (lit. a "dog spirit") is a type of shikigami (式神), similar to a familiar spirit, resembling, and usually originating from, a dog, and most commonly carrying out vengeance or acting as guardians on behalf of their 'owner'.

Noun

Kanji in this term
犬	神
いぬ Grade: 1	かみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
犬神 (kyūjitai)

犬(いぬ)神(かみ) • (inukami) 

1. (rare) A dog god

See also

• 犬神 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Inugami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 式神(しきかみ) (shikikami): a kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of onmyōdō; very much like a western familiar.