Toyouke-hime

Toyouke-hime (豊宇気毘売, Toyouke-bime; lit. "Luxuriant Food Princess") is the deity (kami) of food and grain in Japan. Originally enshrined in the Tanba Province, it is said she was called to reside at the Outer Shrine (外宮, Gekū) of Ise Shrine in the 5th century, during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku, to offer sacred food to Amaterasu, the ruling kami and sun goddess. She is worshipped as a secondary kami at Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine.

While now popular as Toyouke-Ōhmikami, her name has been transcribed using Chinese characters in several manners including Toyouke bime no kami (豊宇気毘売神) in the Kojiki, while there is no entry about her in the Nihon Shoki.

Several alternative transcription and names are attributed to this goddess including Toyouke-Okami, Toyouke-Ōmikami, Toyoukebime no kami (豊受気媛神), Toyuuke no kami (登由宇気神), Toyouka no Menokami (止与宇可乃売神), Toyuke no Ōkami (等由気太神), and Toyohirume (とよひるめ). A male and female pair thought to be identical to Toyouke-Ōhmikami: the god Ōmonoimi (ja:大物忌神), who is enshrined on Mount Chōkai in Yamagata Prefecture, the northernmost post of the Yamato Kingship, and the goddess Toyooka-hime (豊岡姫).

There is a separate shrine dedicated to Toyouke-Ōmikami no ara-mitama (豊受大御神荒魂) called the Taka-no-miya (多賀宮) inside the Gekū.