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), also known as Kushiinadahime (クシイナダヒメ) 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.

Family tree

Deities of seventeen generations in the Kojiki
Ōyamatsumi1. Susanoo: 277 
Kamuo Ichihime [en]
Konohanachiru-hime [en]: 277 AshinazuchiTenazuchiToshigamiUkanomitama
(Inari)
Oyamakui
Kushinadahime: 277 
2. Yashimajinumi [en]: 277 
Kagu-tsuchi [en]
Kuraokami [en]
Hikawahime [ja]: 278 3. Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja]: 278 
4. Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja]: 278 Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja]: 278 Funozuno [ja]: 278 
Sashikuni Okami [ja]: 278 5. Omizunu [en]: 278 Futemimi [ja]: 278 
Sashikuni Wakahime [ja]: 278 6. Ame-no-Fuyukinu [en]: 278 Yashimamuji [ja]
Kamuyatate-hime [] 7. Ōnamuchi: 278 Tottori-no-Kami [ja]
Mishimamizokui-no-Mikoto [ja]
Kotoshironushi Seyadatara-hime [en] Takeminakata [en]
8. Torinarumi-no-Kami [ja]Hinateri-Nukada-Bichio-Ikochini-no-Kami [ja]

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
711–585 BC

Jimmu
660–585 BC(1) 		Himetataraisuzu-hime9. Kuninotoshimi-no-Kami [ja]Ashinataka-no-Kami [ja]Kamo no Okimi [en]
Amanomikemunushi-no-Kami []
632–549 BC

Suizei
581–549 BC(2)		Kawamata-hime [ja]10. Hayamike-no-Takekasayanosunumi-no-Kami [ja]Sakitamahime [ja]
Kuraokami [en]
Annei11. Mikemunushi-no-Hiko-no-Kami [ja]Hinarashibime [ja]Hihiraginosonohanamadomi-no-Kami [ja]
Itoku12. Tahiriki-Shimarumi-no-Kami [ja]Ikutamatakitamahime-no-Kami [ja]Shikiyamanushi-no-Kami [ja]
Kōshō13. Mironami-no-Kami [ja]Aonuma-Mashi-no-Maou-hime [ja]Ōyamatsumi
Kōan14. Nunobutomi-Torinarumi-no-Kami [ja]Wakatsukime Kami [ja]Amanosagiri-no-Kami [ja]
Kōrei15. Ame-no-Hibaraooshinadomi-no-Kami [ja]Totsumatone-no-Kami [ja]
Kōgen16. Totsuyami-Sakitara-no-Kami [ja]
Kaika
Sujin
Imperial House of Japan
  • Pink is female.
  • Blue is male.
  • Grey means other or unknown.
  • Clans, families, people groups are in green.

References

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