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Ukanomitama

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.

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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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Name and mythology
References
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==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.