Toyouke-hime#Omonoimi

In Kojiki, Toyouke-Ōmikami is described as the granddaughter to Izanami via her father Wakumusubi, and Toyouke was said to settle to Gekū, Ise Shrine at {{Nihongo|2=度相|3=Watarai}} after Tenson kōrin when the heavenly deities came down to the earth.{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}} In her name Toyouke, "uke" means food, making her the goddess of food and grain,{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}} which is said to be the basis on which other kami were equated with and merged into Toyouke as the deity of foodstuffs: Ukemochi (Ōgetsu-hime), Inari Ōkami, and Ukanomitama.{{sfn|Tobe|1997|pages=91, 109-111}}

The head priest of Toyouke Daijingu submitted "{{Nihongo|2=止由気宮儀式帳|3=Toyukegū gishikichō|1=Toyuke Shrine Book of Rituals}}", or the record of the Ise Grand Shrine to the government in 804, in which it is told that goddess Toyouke originally had come from Tamba.{{sfn|Tobe|1997|pages=91, 109-111}} It records that Emperor Yūryaku was told by Amaterasu in his dream that she alone was not able to supply enough food, so that Yūryaku needed to bring {{Nihongo|2=等由気大神|3=Toyuke-no-Ōkami}}, or the goddess of divine meals, from Hijino Manai in ancient Tanba Province.{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}}

Stories among various Fudoki indicate the origin of Toyouke: In that of Tango, or "{{ill|Tango no kuni fudoki|ja|丹後国風土記}}", {{Nihongo|2=豊宇賀能売命|3=Toyouke-bime-no-kami|1=Toyouke-bime}}{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}} had been bathing with other seven deities at Manai spring on the hilltop of Hiji in Tamba province, when an old couple hid Toyouke's heavenly robe so that she was not able to return to the heavenly world.{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}} Toyouke tended to that old couple for over ten years and brewed sake which cured any ailment, but was expelled from the household and wandered to reach and settle at Nagu village as a local deity.{{sfn|Kawaguchi|1999|page=174}} The anecdote in the Fudoki of Settsu Province "Settsu-no-kuni fudoki" mentions that {{Nihongo|2=止与宇可乃売神|3=Toyouke no megami}}{{efn|name="U"}} had lived in Tango.{{Efn|It was misunderstood that Toyouke was at Settsu Province before relocating to Hijiri in Tango, but the original text reads that Toyouke "{{Nihongo|1=returned|2=還}}" to Tango.{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}}}}

She is also thought to be identical to or to have "associated with" Ukemochi.

In Mineyama Town, Kyōtango, Kyoto prefecture, there is a well {{Nihongo|2=清水戸|3=Seisuido}} and a story of the now lost half-moon-shaped rice paddy {{Nihongo|2=月の輪田|3=Tsukinowa den}}. They are believed to be the site where Toyouke had soaked rice seeds to encourage germination and planted the first rice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sankei.com/west/news/141021/wst1410210035-n1.html|title=Inasaku hasshō no chi "Tsukinowa den" de inekari-shiki — Kyōtango|last=Sankei Digital Inc.|website=Sankei WEST|language=ja|script-title=ja:稲作発祥の地「月の輪田」で稲刈り式 京丹後|trans-title=The Moon paddy sees rice harvesting ceremony to be resumed — ōō|date=2014-10-21|access-date=2019-12-08}} The {{Nihongo|1={{ill|Hinumanai Shrine|ja|比沼麻奈為神社}}|2=比沼麻奈為神社}} is mentioned in Engishiki dating back to Heian period, as {{Nihongo||2=田庭|3=Taniwa}} literally meaning the Garden of Rice Paddies. That ancient place name is thought to have changed over time to Taba (location of rice paddies), then to {{Nihongo|2=丹波|3=Tamba/Tanba}}.

On the slope of the Kuji Pass, there is a shrine dedicated to Ōkami, as well as Hoi no dan, the ruin of a sacred well Ame no manai of Takamagahara: That well was entered both in Kojiki and Nihonshoki, and was also the highest title given to water bodies. The shrine's auspicious spirit is said to be in the {{Nihongo|1=cuboid|2=盤座|3=Iwakura}}, which has been worshiped as {{Nihongo|2=大饗石|3=Ōmiae-ishi}}.

There is a shrine named Moto-Ise {{ill|Toyouke Daijingu|ja|豊受大神社|}} in Ōemachi, Fukuchiyama City{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}} to the south of Naiku of Moto-Ise uphill the Funaokayama. Its name literally means former Ise, where the priesthood has been inherited by Kawada clan, the further relative of the Fujiwara clan.

Emperor Sujin appointed imperial daughter {{Nihongo|1=Princess Toyosuki-iri|2=豊鍬入姫命|3=Toyosuki-iri hime}} as a Saiō to serve "as a cane for Amaterasu" to find a new location to reside, and dispatched Toyosuki-iri to travel from present day Nara to neighboring areas. It is said that on the route, several locations hosted the spirit of Amaterasu by building her shrines, while Tango had the first of such shrines among the list of relocation sites. Those shrines honor Amaterasu as their main kami are:

• Geku, Ise Jingu (Ise, Mie Prefecture),{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}}
• Nagusha (Kyōtango, Kyoto prefecture),{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}}
• Okumiya Ama no manai Shrine, Kono jinja (Miyazu, Kyoto prefecture),{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pages=68, 69}} and
• {{ill|Hinumanai Shrine|ja|比沼麻奈為神社}} (Kyōtango).

In addition, Toyouke-Ōmikami is worshiped at many branches of Ise shrines called Shinmei shrines, along with Amaterasu,{{sfn|Tobe|1997|pages=91, 109-111}} and separate shrines are often built on the property of regular shrines for Toyouke-Ōmikami. There are also Inari shrines where they build altars for Toyouke as well.{{sfn|Tobe|1997|pages=91, 109-111}}

According to the discipline of Ise Shintō (Watarai Shintō) originated by a priest at Geku named {{Nihongo|2=度会家行|1=Watarai Ieyuki}}, Toyouke-Ōmikami is recognized as the first divine being which appeared in this world. In their idea, Toyouke is also identical to Ame no minakanushi and Kuni no tokotachi. In this sect of Shinto, Geku, or the shrine of Toyouke-Ōmikami, is treated as ranked higher than Naiku, or the shrine of Amaterasu.{{sfn|Anzu|1972|pages=67-96}}

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{{ill|Omonoimi no Kami|ja|大物忌神|simple}} is the God of Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine and Mount Chokai.{{Cite web |title=chokaizan omonoimi shrine（warabioka kuchi no miya） - Shrine-heritager |url=https://shrineheritager.com/en/chokaizan-omonoimi-shrine/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=shrineheritager.com|date=27 June 2020 }}{{Cite book |last=Fukada |first=Kyūya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VgEEAAAQBAJ&dq=%C5%8Cmonoimi&pg=PT98 |title=One Hundred Mountains of Japan |date=2014-12-31 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-4785-2 |pages=76 |language=en}} There are shrines that enshrine Omonoiminokami in various other places in the Tohoku region, including {{ill|Chōkai gassan ryōsho-gu|simple}}.

Omonoimi no kami is considered possibly identical to {{Ill|Toyouke-hime|en|4=ja|5=トヨウケビメ}}{{efn|Ōmonoimi-no-kami is believed to be the god of Mount Chōkai in Yamagata prefecture, or the northernmost post of the land of Yamato.}}{{sfn|Sonoda|Mogi|1997|pp=68, 69}}

He is associated with industrial growth.{{Cite web |title=Enshrined Gods |url=https://kawawajinja.com/en/gosaijin.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=kawawajinja.com}}

Every time Mount Chōkai erupted his rank increased.{{Cite web|title=Tallest Peak in North Japan: The Shugen History of Chokai-san|url=https://timbunting.com/mountains/chokai/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=Tim Bunting|language=en-NZ}}

• Honji suijaku
• List of Japanese deities
• Ukemochi

• {{Cite journal|last=Anzu |first= Motohiko|title= {{Nihongo|1=Shinto Theory of the Outer Shrine, the Five Canonical Books of Shinto from (Watarai) Ieyuki to (Kitabatake) Chikafusa|2=外宮神道論--神道五部書から家行と親房とへ|3=Geku Shintoron, Shinto Gobusho kara Ieyuki to Chikafusa e}}|journal={{Nihongo|2=神道宗教|3=Shinto Shukyo}}|location= Tokyo|number=65/66|date= January 1972|pages=67–96| issn=0387-3331}} Originally published in 1954.
• {{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sg_JBQAAQBAJ&q=Toyoukebimenokami&pg=PT584|title=Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan|last=Herbert|first=Jean|date=2010-10-18|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-90376-2|location=London |language=en|chapter=X: Genesis of the Universe — The pre-material stages}}
• {{cite book|last=Kawaguchi|first= Kenji|title= {{Nihongo|2=日本の神様読み解き事典|3=Nihon no kamisama yomitoki-jiten}}|publisher=Kashiwa shobo|year=1999|page=174|oclc=43395896|language=ja}}{{isbn|1=4760118241|2=9784760118243}}
• {{cite book|title=Nihon no kamigami no jiten : Shinto saishi to yaoyorozu no kamigami|last1=Sonoda |first1=Minoru|author-link=:ja:薗田稔|last2=Mogi |first2=Sakae|publisher=Gakken|series= Books esoterica, 2.; New sight mook|language=ja|pages=68, 69|year=1997|oclc=42978057|isbn=9784056016291}}
• {{cite book|title=Yaoyorozu no kamigami : Nihon no shinreitachi no purofiru|last=Tobe|first= Tamio|author-link=:ja:戸部民夫|publisher=Shinkigensha|series=Truth in fantasy (Tokyo, Japan), 31|year=1997|pages=91, 109–111|language=ja|trans-title=Eight million gods and goddesses in Japan : their profiles as divine spirits in Japan}}

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