Kushinadahime

Kushinadahime
Kushinadahime
Goddess of rice, agriculture, marriage, love, childbirth, and child rearing
	Susanoo and Kushinadahime, by Yoshitoshi
Other names	Kushiinadahime (奇稲田姫); ; Inadahime (稲田媛); ; Makamifuru-Kushiinadahime (真髪触奇稲田媛); ; Kushiinada-Mitoyomanurahime-no-Mikoto (久志伊奈太美等与麻奴良比売命)
Japanese	櫛名田比売
Major cult center	Susa Shrine, Yaegaki Shrine, Suga Shrine, Hikawa Shrine, Yasaka Shrine, Hiromine Shrine, Kushida Shrine (Saga), Kushida Shrine (Toyama) and others
Texts	Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Izumo Fudoki, Sendai Kuji Hongi
Personal information
Parents	Ashimazuchi [ja] and Temazuchi [ja]
Siblings	Unnamed seven sisters
Consort	Susanoo
Children	Yashimajinumi (Kojiki); ; Ōnamuchi (Nihon Shoki)

Kushinadahime (クシナダヒメcode: ja is deprecated ), also known as Kushiinadahime (クシイナダヒメcode: ja is deprecated ) or Inadahime, is a goddess (kami) in Japanese mythology and in Shinto. She is married Susanoo, who rescued her from the monster Yamata no Orochi. As Susanoo's wife, she is a central deity of the Gion cult and worshipped at Yasaka Shrine.^[1]

Family tree

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   * Pink is female.
   * Blue is male.
   * Grey means other or unknown.
   * Clans, families, people groups are in green.

Kushinadahime Media

Susanoo and the Yamata no Orochi, by Yoshitoshi
Mount Sentsū as seen from Okuizumo with the Hii River in the foreground
Muromachi period wall painting depicting Kushinadahime (Yaegaki Shrine, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture)
Hikawa Shrine in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
Harisai Tennyo, from the Butsuzōzui

Related pages

Susanoo

References

↑ "Mikogami". Encyclopedia of Shinto. 21 April 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Japanese Mythology & Folklore

[1] "Mikogami". Encyclopedia of Shinto. 21 April 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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