Uke Mochi

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Uke Mochi is a Shinto goddess of food and fertility, known for producing sustenance from her body and for being slain by the moon god Tsukuyomi.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Uke Mochi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto deity ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
associatedDeity Amaterasu ⓘ
Tsukuyomi ⓘ
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
harvest ⓘ
sustenance ⓘ
bodyAfterDeath produced staple foods ⓘ
category Japanese mythology ⓘ
agricultural deities ⓘ
fertility goddesses ⓘ
contrastedWith Tsukuyomi, the moon god ⓘ
linked to: Tsukuyomi
cosmicAssociation earthly sustenance ⓘ
culture Japanese ⓘ
domain fertility ⓘ
food ⓘ
fromEyes rice seeds ⓘ
fromGenitals wheat ⓘ
fromMouth fish and sea products ⓘ
fromNose beans ⓘ
fromRectum millet ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
killedBy Tsukuyomi ⓘ
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto ⓘ
linked to: Tsukuyomi

moon god Tsukuyomi ⓘ
mythologicalEvent slain by Tsukuyomi after preparing a feast ⓘ
mythologicalTheme origin of staple crops ⓘ
sacrifice leading to abundance ⓘ
otherName Ogetsu-hime ⓘ
linked to: Kushinadahime

Ukemochi-no-Kami ⓘ
linked to: Toyouke-Ōmikami
pantheon kami ⓘ
producesFromBody fish ⓘ
food ⓘ
grain ⓘ
meat ⓘ
rice ⓘ
relationshipToAmaterasu favored food deity of Amaterasu in some myths ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
role goddess of fertility ⓘ
goddess of food ⓘ
goddess of grain ⓘ
sourceText Kojiki ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ
symbol food offerings ⓘ
grain ⓘ
rice ⓘ
worshipType agricultural worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsukuyomi → spouse → Uke Mochi ⓘ
Tsukuyomi → killed → Uke Mochi ⓘ
subject linked to: moon god Tsukuyomi