Ukanomitama
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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, often identified with Inari, the deity of rice.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Japanese
- Deity.name
- Ukanomitama-no-Kami
- Deity.image
- Statue of Ukanomitama at Ozu-jinja.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Heian period statue of Ukanomitama at Ozu Shrine in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of food and agriculture
- Deity.script_name
- Japanese
- Deity.script
- 宇迦之御魂神
- Deity.other_names
- Ukanomitama-no-Mikoto (倉稲魂命) Mikura-no-Kami (御倉神) Miketsukami (御食津神, 三狐神)
- Deity.cult_center
- Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kasama Inari Shrine, Yūtoku Inari Shrine and others
- Deity.parents
- Susanoo-no-Mikoto and Kamuōichihime (Kojiki)Izanagi and Izanami (Nihon Shoki)
- Deity.siblings
- Ōtoshi (Kojiki)
- Deity.texts
- Kojiki, Nihon Shoki and others
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- deity
- Gender
- female
- Father
- Susanoo
- Sibling
- Ōkuninushi
- Image
- Statue of Ukanomitama at Ozu-jinja.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Inari
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Name and mythology
- References
- Bibliography
- See also
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, often identified with Inari, the deity of rice.
==Name and mythology== The Kojiki identifies Ukanomitama (宇迦之御魂神 Ukanomitama-no-Kami) as the child of Susanoo by his second wife Kamu-Ōichihime (神大市比売), who was a daughter of Ōyamatsumi (大山津見神), the god of mountains. This text portrays Ukanomitama as the younger sibling of the harvest deity Ōtoshi-no-Kami.
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