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Toyouke-hime
Toyouke-hime (豊宇気毘売, Toyouke-bime; lit. "Luxuriant Food Princess") is the deity (kami) of food and grain in Japan. Originally enshrined in the Tanba Province, it is said she was called to reside at the Outer Shrine (外宮, Gekū) of Ise Shrine in the 5th century, during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku, to offer sacred food to Amaterasu, the ruling kami and sun goddess. She is worshipped as a secondary kami at Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine.
While now popular as Toyouke-Ōhmikami, her name has been transcribed using Chinese characters in several manners including Toyouke bime no kami (豊宇気毘売神) in the Kojiki, while there is no entry about her in the Nihon Shoki.
Several alternative transcription and names are attributed to this goddess including Toyouke-Okami, Toyouke-Ōmikami, Toyoukebime no kami (豊受気媛神), Toyuuke no kami (登由宇気神), Toyouka no Menokami (止与宇可乃売神), Toyuke no Ōkami (等由気太神), and Toyohirume (とよひるめ). A male and female pair thought to be identical to Toyouke-Ōhmikami: the god Ōmonoimi (ja:大物忌神), who is enshrined on Mount Chōkai in Yamagata Prefecture, the northernmost post of the Yamato Kingship, and the goddess Toyooka-hime (豊岡姫).
There is a separate shrine dedicated to Toyouke-Ōmikami no ara-mitama (豊受大御神荒魂) called the Taka-no-miya (多賀宮) inside the Gekū.
In the Kojiki, Toyouke-hime is noted as the daughter of Wakumusubi and granddaughter of Izanami. After the tenson kōrin, she became enshrined in the “outer shrine in Watarai”. The uke (受) in her name refers to food, making her the kami of food and grains. This is why she has come to be conflated with Inari Ōkami and Ukanomitama in the same way as other food-related kami such as Ōgetsu-hime (Ukemochi).
The head priest of Toyouke Daijingu submitted Toyukegū Gishikichō (止由気宮儀式帳; Protocols of the Toyuke Shrine) to the Department of Divinities in 804, in which it is told that Toyouke-hime had originally been in Tanba Province. It records that Amaterasu came to Emperor Yūryaku in a dream and told him she alone was not able to supply enough food and needed him to bring Toyuke-no-Ōkami (等由気大神), the kami of divine food, from Manai Pond in Hiji Village, Tanba Province.
In the lost fudoki Tango no Kuni Fudoki (丹後国風土記) is a story explaining the origin of Nagu Shrine (奈具神社, Nagu Jinja) in which eight heavenly women were bathing in Manai Pond atop the hill Hijiyama in Hiji Village, Tanba Province. An elderly couple then hides one of the women's clothes, preventing her from returning to the heavenly realm. The woman lives in the elderly couple’s home for a while making sake that cures all ills, but she is chased from the house after about ten years. After wandering for some time, she settles in Nagu Village. This woman is Toyoukanome-no-Mikoto (豊宇賀能売命), another name for Toyouke-hime.
Another lost fudoki, Settsu no Kuni Fudoki (摂津国風土記), tells that Toyouka no Menokami (止与宇可乃売神) was on the mountain of Inakuradake in Settsu Province for a short time.
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Toyouke-hime
Toyouke-hime (豊宇気毘売, Toyouke-bime; lit. "Luxuriant Food Princess") is the deity (kami) of food and grain in Japan. Originally enshrined in the Tanba Province, it is said she was called to reside at the Outer Shrine (外宮, Gekū) of Ise Shrine in the 5th century, during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku, to offer sacred food to Amaterasu, the ruling kami and sun goddess. She is worshipped as a secondary kami at Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine.
While now popular as Toyouke-Ōhmikami, her name has been transcribed using Chinese characters in several manners including Toyouke bime no kami (豊宇気毘売神) in the Kojiki, while there is no entry about her in the Nihon Shoki.
Several alternative transcription and names are attributed to this goddess including Toyouke-Okami, Toyouke-Ōmikami, Toyoukebime no kami (豊受気媛神), Toyuuke no kami (登由宇気神), Toyouka no Menokami (止与宇可乃売神), Toyuke no Ōkami (等由気太神), and Toyohirume (とよひるめ). A male and female pair thought to be identical to Toyouke-Ōhmikami: the god Ōmonoimi (ja:大物忌神), who is enshrined on Mount Chōkai in Yamagata Prefecture, the northernmost post of the Yamato Kingship, and the goddess Toyooka-hime (豊岡姫).
There is a separate shrine dedicated to Toyouke-Ōmikami no ara-mitama (豊受大御神荒魂) called the Taka-no-miya (多賀宮) inside the Gekū.
In the Kojiki, Toyouke-hime is noted as the daughter of Wakumusubi and granddaughter of Izanami. After the tenson kōrin, she became enshrined in the “outer shrine in Watarai”. The uke (受) in her name refers to food, making her the kami of food and grains. This is why she has come to be conflated with Inari Ōkami and Ukanomitama in the same way as other food-related kami such as Ōgetsu-hime (Ukemochi).
The head priest of Toyouke Daijingu submitted Toyukegū Gishikichō (止由気宮儀式帳; Protocols of the Toyuke Shrine) to the Department of Divinities in 804, in which it is told that Toyouke-hime had originally been in Tanba Province. It records that Amaterasu came to Emperor Yūryaku in a dream and told him she alone was not able to supply enough food and needed him to bring Toyuke-no-Ōkami (等由気大神), the kami of divine food, from Manai Pond in Hiji Village, Tanba Province.
In the lost fudoki Tango no Kuni Fudoki (丹後国風土記) is a story explaining the origin of Nagu Shrine (奈具神社, Nagu Jinja) in which eight heavenly women were bathing in Manai Pond atop the hill Hijiyama in Hiji Village, Tanba Province. An elderly couple then hides one of the women's clothes, preventing her from returning to the heavenly realm. The woman lives in the elderly couple’s home for a while making sake that cures all ills, but she is chased from the house after about ten years. After wandering for some time, she settles in Nagu Village. This woman is Toyoukanome-no-Mikoto (豊宇賀能売命), another name for Toyouke-hime.
Another lost fudoki, Settsu no Kuni Fudoki (摂津国風土記), tells that Toyouka no Menokami (止与宇可乃売神) was on the mountain of Inakuradake in Settsu Province for a short time.