Deity
Kamuoichihime
Kamuoichihime is a goddess in the Susanoo lineage. As Susanoo's consort, she links the food and harvest deities through her line.
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Susanoo's consort in the Kojiki (712 CE); mother of Otoshi-no-Kami and Ukanomitama.
Description
Kamuoichihime (神大市比売) is an earthly goddess recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE). The daughter of Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, she became the wife of Susanoo and bore Otoshi-no-Kami and Ukanomitama-no-Kami, the founders of the grain-deity lineage. She also bears the character of a guardian of the marketplace (ichi). According to the Kojiki upper scroll Otoshi lineage section, "he married Kamuoichihime and produced Otoshi-no-Kami; next Ukanomitama-no-Kami". After Susanoo married Kushinada-hime in Izumo, he took Kamuoichihime as a second wife, marking the starting point of the grain-deity lineage. Father is Oyamatsumi-no-Kami; siblings include Konohana-no-Sakuya-bime and Iwanaga-hime. Children are Otoshi-no-Kami and Ukanomitama-no-Kami (the Inari deity). Principal shrine: Otoshi Mioya Shrine in Shizuoka City.
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神大市比売 かむおほいちひめ／かむおおいちひめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」神大市比売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kamuoichihime/古事記 上巻 須佐之男命系譜
Primary source古事記 上巻 須佐之男命系譜に基づく神格・系譜・登場場面の整理。
神道・神名辞典 神大市比売項
Secondary source神道・神名辞典 神大市比売項を参照した神格名・関連文脈の補助確認。
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