Kushinadahime

In Shinto mythology, Kushinadahime or Kushi-nada-hime (Japanese: クシナダヒメ; Kojiki: 櫛名田比売, Nihonshoki: 奇稲田姫, Kushiinadahime, "wondrous Inada princess") is a goddess (kami) of rice and the wife of the god Susanoo.

She is also known as Ina-Gami Furu-Kushi-Nada-Hime ("True-hair-touching princess") or Inagami-Hime.

According to the Nihon Shoki, Susanoo saved Kushinadahime from the legendary serpent Orochi, as related in the following translation by William George Aston in Nihongi:

Then Susanoo built a palace or shrine for Kushinadahime in Suga, and made her father Ashinazuchi its head (obito). On that occasion, according to the Kojiki, he composed a song in tanka form later held to be the root of Japanese waka poetry:

The Kojiki dedicates a chapter to the six generations of progeny of Susanoo and Kushinadahime, which include Isukeyorihime, the wife of Jimmu, the mythical first emperor of Japan.

Kushinadahime is principally venerated at the Hikawa Shrine in Saitama, which is dedicated to Susanoo, under the name of Ō-kushi-inada-hime-no-mikoto. A matsuri is held in her honor annually on 15 April.

She is also venerated at other shrines together with her husband, including at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto. At the annual Gion Matsuri, one of Kyoto's principal festivals, she is paraded through the city in a mikoshi together with Susanoo.

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