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Ukanomitama-no-Kami
Goddess of food and agriculture
Heian period statue of Ukanomitama at Ozu Shrine in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture
Other names
Ukanomitama-no-Mikoto (倉稲魂命)
Mikura-no-Kami (御倉神)
Miketsukami (御食津神, 三狐神)
Japanese
宇迦之御魂神
Major cult center
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kasama Inari Shrine, Yūtoku Inari Shrine and others
Texts
Kojiki, Nihon Shoki and others
Personal information
Parents
Susanoo-no-Mikoto and Kamuōichihime (Kojiki) Izanagi and Izanami (Nihon Shoki)
Siblings
Ōtoshi (Kojiki)
Ukanomitama (宇迦之御魂神 – Mighty Soul of Sustenance[1] - Kojiki) (倉稲魂命 - Nihongi) is a kami in classical Japanese mythology, associated with food and agriculture, often identified with Inari, the deity of rice.
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Ukanomitama (宇迦之御魂神 – Mighty Soul of Sustenance - Kojiki) (倉稲魂命 - Nihongi) is a kami in classical Japanese mythology, associated with food and agriculture...
messengers and symbolic animal are foxes. They are often identified with Ukanomitama and Buddhist deity Dakiniten. Ninigi-no-Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊) Commonly called...
Itakeru no kami, Ōyatsuhime no kami, Tsumatsuhime no kami, Ōtoshi no kami, Ukanomitama no kami, Ōyatsuhiko no kami, and Suseribime no mikoto. Initial construction...
Kushinadahime. According to the Kojiki she and Susanoo are the parents of Ukanomitama, and Toshigami who is often identified with Inari. She is also known...
Karasumori Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Minato, Tokyo. It enshrines Ukanomitama (Inari Ōkami), Ame-no-Uzume and Ninigi-no-Mikoto. It was established...
deity. Dakiniten came to be identified with the native agricultural kami Ukanomitama, Toyouke, and Ukemochi (all of whom were themselves conflated both with...
Dakini-Shinten thus becoming the manifestation of the Shinto goddess Ukanomitama-no-mikoto. During the separation of Buddhism from Shinto during the Meiji...
Toshigami was the son of Susanoo and Kamuo Ichihime and the older brother of Ukanomitama. Toshigami had offspring through three different wives: Ino-hime (伊怒比売)...
the deities of Oki Province, Oyamakui no Kami, Takemikazuchi, Ōkuninushi, Ukanomitama, Itsutamawake (逸玉男命), Izanami Type Sōja shrine Glossary of Shinto...
Okitama Shrine is dedicated to Sarutahiko Ōkami and imperial food goddess Ukanomitama. There are numerous statues of frogs around the shrine. The shrine and...
children (Yashimajinumi, I(so)takeru, Ōya(tsu)hime, Tsumatsuhime, Ōtoshi, Ukanomitama, Ōyabiko, and Suseribime), its original deities were Gozu Tennō, Harisaijo...
agriculture#Ancient China History of Chinese cuisine Kasama Inari Shrine dedicated to Ukanomitama no kami, a spirit with jurisdiction over the five grains and foodstuffs...
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