Toshigami
Sign in to save, also known as , is a Japanese kami and a part of the Shinto pantheon.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Shinto
- Deity.name
- Toshigami
- Deity.deity_of
- Harvest, grain
- Deity.image
- Toshigami (Otoshi-no-kami).png
- Deity.other_names
- Toshigami (大年神)
- Deity.script_name
- 年神 or 歳神
- Deity.script
- Japanese
- Deity.father
- Susanoo
- Deity.mother
- Kamuōichi-hime
- Deity.siblings
- Ukanomitama
- Deity.offspring
- Oyamakui no Kami
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kunitsukami
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Susanoo
- Sibling
- Ame no Oshihomimi
- Image
- Toshigami (Otoshi-no-kami).png
- Said to be same as
- Ōkuninushi
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Mythology
- Parentage and siblings
- Family
- Worship
- See also
- References
- External links
, also known as , is a Japanese kami and a part of the Shinto pantheon.
==Etymology== The 年 (nen) kanji originally meant "harvest", which became "year" over time as harvest happened once each year. Toshigami was therefore the god of abundant harvests, and specifically of grain or rice. The character 神 (kami) literally means "god" or "deity".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toshigami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.