![[wakahirume]](jg/wakahirume.jpg){kind=small}
A kami appearing in the Nihon shoki and believed to be either the daughter or sister of Amaterasu. The myth relates that she became frightened and died of a self-inflicted wound when Susanoo threw a skinned horse into her weaving hall.
![[wakumusubi_no_kami]](jg/wakumusubi_no_kami.jpg){kind=small}
Wakumusubi.
A kami associated with abundant harvests in the myths of Kiki.
![[watanabe_ikarimaru]](jg/watanabe_ikarimaru.jpg){kind=small}
(1836-1915). A Shintô priest and scholar of National Learning during the late Tokugawa and early Meiji periods. Within National Learning and in the Mito feudal domain his school of thought was aligned with the Mito School. He received training at the Hirata Juku. He was an author, public speaker, and educator.
![[watatsumi]](jg/watatsumi.jpg){kind=small}
A kami which rules over the sea in the myths of the Kiki.