八坂刀売神やさかとめのかみ

noun

Yasakatome; consort of Takeminakata

A deity in Japanese mythology, worshipped at Suwa shrines as the wife of Takeminakata-no-kami. The name is primarily encountered in mythological or religious contexts.

See also: 建御名方神

• 諏す訪わ大たい社しゃでは、建御名方神たけみなかたのかみと八坂刀売神やさかとめのかみが夫ふう婦ふ神しんとして祀まつられている。

  At Suwa Taisha, Takeminakata-no-kami and Yasakatome-no-kami are enshrined as a married couple of deities.