Ukanomitama

Ukanomitama-no-Kami
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 Kamu-Ōichihime (Kojiki); Izanagi and Izanami (Nihon Shoki)
Siblings	Ōtoshi (Kojiki)

Ukanomitama is a Shinto kami. She is linked to Buddhism She is considered to be the same deity as Omonoimimi no kami, and Toyouke no Okami[1], and Inari Okami.

References

Sonoda, Minoru [in Japanese]; Mogi, Sakae (1997). Nihon no kamigami no jiten : Shinto saishi to yaoyorozu no kamigami. Books esoterica, 2.; New sight mook (in Japanese). Gakken. pp. 68, 69. ISBN 9784056016291. OCLC 42978057.

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