ORIGIN: Shinto [Japan]
TYPE: Goddess of foodstuffs
INFORMATION: An ambiguous deity often identified with Inari, she is said in the Kojiki to be a daughter of Waku-Musubi-No-Kami and a great granddaughter of Izanagi and Izanami. Her main sanctuary is the Geku in Ise, whither she was allegedly removed from Tamba after the emperor had received a dream message from the sun goddess Amaterasu in 478 CE.