産うぶ神がみ

noun

guardian deity of childbirth and one's birthplace

In Shinto belief, a protective deity for pregnant women, newborns, and the place of one's birth. Also written as 産の神.

See also: 産の神

• 昔むかしの日本にほんでは、出しゅっ産さんのときに産うぶ神がみに祈いのりを捧ささげた。

  In old Japan, people prayed to the ubugami during childbirth.

• 産うぶ神がみはその土と地ちの守まもり神がみとも考かんがえられている。

  The ubugami is also considered a guardian deity of the local area.