荒こう神じん

noun

god of a cooking stove; kitchen deity

Refers to a folk deity enshrined in the kitchen, often associated with fire and the hearth. In some traditions, 荒神 is also linked to broader protective or wrathful spirits, but the primary dictionary sense is the stove god.

• 昔むかしの家いえでは、台だい所どころに荒こう神じん様さまを祀まつることが多おおかった。

  In old houses, people often enshrined the kitchen deity in the kitchen.

• 荒こう神じんは火ひの神かみとして信しん仰こうされている。

  Kōjin is worshipped as a fire deity.