Ukemochi
Ukemochi is a goddess who was visited by Tsukuyomi. She vomited foodstuffs out of her mouth and presented them to Tsukuyomi at a banquet. A disgusted and offended Tsukuyomi slew her, and from her corpse emerged various food-crops and animals.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ame-no-Kumahito, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Amaterasu, Izanagi-no-mikoto, Izanami-no-mikoto, Susanoo no Mikoto, Izanagi, Susano'o, Tiamat, Osiris, Pangu, Cronus, Ymir
- enemy of
- Tsukuyomi, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
- syncretized with
- Ōgetsuhime
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“One of the variant legends in the Shoki relates that Amaterasu ordered her sibling Tsukuyomi to go down to the terrestrial world (Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, the "Central Land of Reed-Plains") and visit the goddess Ukemochi. When Ukemochi vomited foodstuffs out of her mouth and presented them to Tsukuyomi”
#12441 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan):Tsukuyomi once killed the goddess of food, Ukemochi, after seeing her create food in a way he found offensive. Because of this, Amaterasu (sun) refused to ever see him again this is said to explain why day and night are separated.”
#18326 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Amaterasu-ōmikami heard of the food goddess Ukemochi in Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni...Facing Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, Ukemochi spat out rice; facing the sea, she spat out fish; facing the mountains, she spat out wild game.”
#19632 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Ukemochi; the Japanese Shinto goddess of food.”
#30093 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ukemochi, from Shinto religion”
#41974 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001