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Toyuke-no-Kami

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Toyuke-no-Kami is a deity name attested in the descent of the heavenly grandson in Kojiki (712 CE), an alternate form of Toyouke.

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Toyuke-no-Kami is a deity name attested in the descent of the heavenly grandson in Kojiki (712 CE), read as an alternate form of Toyouke.

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Toyuke-no-Kami is listed in the Kokugakuin University Classical Cultural Studies Project deity-name database. The source attestation is the descent of the heavenly grandson in Kojiki (712 CE) Upper Volume, where the name appears among the deities accompanying Ninigi-no-Mikoto to the earthly realm. Commentary readings treat the name as an alternate form of Toyouke-Okami, the food-providing deity later enshrined as the chief deity of Ise Geku. The database preserves the entry with its scene reference. IZANORA registers it as a node and draws relations only from the cited source.

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