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 and Temazuchi
Siblings	Unnamed seven sisters
Consort	Susanoo
Children	Yashimajinumi (Kojiki); Ōnamuchi (Nihon Shoki)

Kushinadahime (櫛名田比売、くしなだひめ), also known as Kushiinadahime (奇稲田姫、くしいなだひめ) or Inadahime (稲田姫、いなだひめ) among other names, is a goddess (kami) in Japanese mythology and the Shinto faith. According to these traditions, she is one of the wives of the god 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.

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