鬼き子し母も神じん

noun

Hariti; goddess of childbirth and children

A Buddhist deity originally a demoness who became a protector of children and easy childbirth. Often enshrined in temples and associated with fertility.

• 鬼き子し母も神じんは、子こ供どもの守まもり神がみとして信しん仰こうされている。

  Kishimojin is worshipped as a guardian deity of children.