Toyouke-Omikami
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Toyouke-Ōmikami is the goddess of agriculture and industry in the Shinto
religion. Originally enshrined in the Tanba region of Japan
, she was called to reside at Gekū, Ise Shrine, about 1,500 years ago to offer sacred food to Amaterasu Ōmikami
, the Sun Goddess.
Shinto
or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...
religion. Originally enshrined in the Tanba region of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, she was called to reside at Gekū, Ise Shrine, about 1,500 years ago to offer sacred food to Amaterasu Ōmikami
Amaterasu
, or is apart of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion. She is the goddess of the sun, but also of the universe. the name Amaterasu derived from Amateru meaning "shining in heaven." The meaning of her whole name, Amaterasu-ōmikami, is "the great August kami who...
, the Sun Goddess.