Kuebiko

is the Shinto kami ("god; deity") of folk wisdom, knowledge and agriculture, and is represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness.

==Names== Kuebiko is the main name for this kami. There is also an alternate name of Yamada no sohodo (), mentioned in the Kojiki. Kuebiko comes from , an archaic verb meaning "to break down; to become shabby and disordered", plus , an old epithet for "boy, young man", in turn from , literally "sun child". The meaning could be translated as something like "shabby young man". Yamada no sohodo is formed like an old-fashioned formal name, from surname or literal noun , genitive or possessive particle , and , in turn from soho ("sopping wet") + -do, a contraction from -bito, the compounding form of . The meaning of this name could be construed as "soaked person of the mountain paddies", a euphemism for "scarecrow".