三狐神みけつかみ

noun

god of food

Archaic term for a deity associated with food, particularly in Shinto contexts. Rarely used in modern language outside historical or mythological references.

• 古こ事じ記きには、三み狐神けつかみが食しょく物もつの神かみとして登とう場じょうする。

  In the Kojiki, Miketsukami appears as a god of food.

noun

Inari; Uka-no-Mitama

Specifically refers to Inari, the god of harvests, or Uka-no-Mitama, the god of food (especially rice). Archaic usage; modern references typically use 稲荷 or 宇迦之御魂神.

See also: 稲荷 · 稲魂

• 三み狐神けつかみは稲いな荷り神しんと同どう一いつ視しされることがある。

  Miketsukami is sometimes identified with Inari.