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  2. Kuebiko - Wikipedia

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    Kuebiko is the main name for this kami. There is also an alternate name of Yamada no sohodo (山田之曾富騰), mentioned in the Kojiki.. Kuebiko comes from kueru (), an archaic verb meaning "to break down; to become shabby and disordered", plus hiko (), an old epithet for "boy, young man", in turn from hi ko (日 子), literally "sun child".

  3. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Ta-no-Kami (田の神), is a kami who is believed to observe the harvest of rice plants or to bring a good harvest, by Japanese farmers. Tatsuta-hime and Tatsuta-hiko, pair of wind kami who bring forth autumn. [29] Nigihayahi-no-mikoto (饒速日尊) Toyouke-Ōmikami, goddess of food. She is also the daughter of Wakumusubi. [30]

  4. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    There are two types: gods of the mountains who are worshipped by hunters, woodcutters, and charcoal burners or gods of agriculture who come down from the mountains and are worshipped by farmers. They are generally considered to be female. Yamaoroshi A vegetable grater that has come to life as a tsukumogami. It is said to be almost porcupine ...

  5. Inari Ōkami - Wikipedia

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    Inari Ōkami (Japanese: 稲荷大神), also called Ō-Inari (大稲荷), is the Japanese kami of foxes, fertility, rice, tea, sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success, [1] and is one of the principal kami of Shinto. The name Inari can be literally translated into "rice-bearer". [2]

  6. Toyouke-hime - Wikipedia

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    Toyouke-hime is the goddess of agriculture, industry, food, [1] clothing, [1] and houses [1] in the Shinto religion. Originally enshrined in the Tanba region [a] of Japan, she was called to reside at Gekū, Ise Shrine, about 1,500 years ago at the age of Emperor Yūryaku to offer sacred food to Amaterasu Ōmikami, the Sun Goddess.

  7. Ta-no-Kami - Wikipedia

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    Ta-no-Kami (田の神) is a kami who is believed to observe the harvest of rice plants or to bring a good harvest, by Japanese farmers. Ta in Japanese means "rice fields". Ta-no-Kami is also called Noushin (kami of agriculture) or kami of peasants.

  8. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the ...

  9. Amenohoakari - Wikipedia

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    Amenohoakari (天火明) is a kami of sun and agriculture in Japanese mythology. The Shinsen Shōjiroku marks his descendents as descendents of kami ...