Kamuō Ichihime is a Japanese goddess.
She is a daughter of
Ōyamatsumi
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Ōyama-tsumi or Ohoyama-tsumi (Kojiki: or Nihon Shoki: , , ), also Ōyama-tsumi-mi'oya-no-mikoto (), is a god of mountains, sea, and war in Japanese mythology. He is an elder brother of Amaterasu and Susanoo. His other names are Wat ...
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She is referenced in the
Kojiki
The , also sometimes read as or , is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the , and the Japanese imperia ...
as the second wife of
Susanoo-no-Mikoto
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Susanoo (, ; Historical kana orthography, historical orthography: , ), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto (), is a in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical an ...
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and the aunt of his first wife
Kushinadahime
, also known as or Inadahime (稲田姫、いなだひめ) among other names, is a goddess (''kami'') in Japanese mythology and the Shinto faith. According to these traditions, she is one of the wives of the god Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Susanoo, who ...
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According to the Kojiki she and
Susanoo
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Susanoo (, ; historical orthography: , ), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto (), is a in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese im ...
are the parents of
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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/ref> and Toshigami
, 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 ...
who is often identified with Inari.
She is also known by the name Ohtoshimioya-no-Mikoto (大歳御祖命). and worshipped at Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
is the name for a collective group of three Shinto shrines now forming a single religious corporation, located at Mount Shizuhata in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. These shrines are the Kanbe Jinja (神部神社), Sengen Jinja (� ...
as a market goddess[Plutschow, Herbe. ''Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan''. RoutledgeCurzon (1996) ]
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Japanese deities
Japanese goddesses
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