Ukemochi-no-Kami
deity earth Japanese single tradition · 1
Ukemochi-no-Kami is a food goddess who produced food from her mouth as hospitality when Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto descended to meet her. Tsukuyomi, angered at this act as filthy, slew her with his sword. From her dead body were born cattle, horses, silkworms, rice, and other crops, which became the origin of grains.
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Nihon Shoki (8th century CE) in the myth explaining the origin of grains and agricultural resources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ōgetsuhime-no-Kami, Nakime, Yamasachihiko, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Izanagi-no-mikoto, Ōhirume-no-Muchi, Ame no Wakahiko, Susanoo no Mikoto
- enemy of
- Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“descended to the Middle Land of Reed Plains and went to Ukemochi-no-Kami, he stopped and stood by a sacred katsura tree”
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