Ukanomitama
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Uga-no-Mitama or Uga-no-Mitama-no-kami (female) and Uka-no-Mitama (male) are a pair of deities in classical Japanese mythology
, associated with agriculture and sometimes identified with Inari
, the Fox Spirit. Uga-no-Mitama-no-kami is translated as "the spirit of the rice in storehouses."
Japanese mythology
Japanese mythology is a system of beliefs that embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculturally based folk religion. The Shinto pantheon comprises innumerable kami...
, associated with agriculture and sometimes identified with Inari
Inari (mythology)
is the Japanese kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry and worldly success and one of the principal kami of Shinto. Represented as male, female, or androgynous, Inari is sometimes seen as a collective of three or five individual kami...
, the Fox Spirit. Uga-no-Mitama-no-kami is translated as "the spirit of the rice in storehouses."