Talk:Ukemochi

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Corn

This page links to the disambiguation page Corn, but I'm not sure which sense is intended. Can you help? Thanks. — Pekinensis 21:21, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

I have changed it to Millet. — Pekinensis 13:41, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lore?

I wanted to add more about the lore for Ukemochi onto the Wikipedia page and possibly re-organize it. (This is a project for class)

Bibliography/Citations below

1. Philippi, D. (1968). Kojiki.

• Many of the citations below refer back to this book.

Lines about how Ukemochi died, what she did to get slain, who slayed her, and what happened after her death.

2. From Rice Cultivation to Mind Contemplation: The Meaning of Impermanence in Japanese Religion

• Talks about the various other beings Ukemochi is connected to and Ukemochi's significance in the religion.

Mentions that there are similar myths over various cultures which talk about fertility after death. (pg 391)

3. Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth: Ukemochi

• Mentions Ukemochi's other forms.

4. The Japanese Legend as an Interdisciplinary Narrative

• Talks about what formed from Ukemochi's corpse in finer detail.

5. Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth: Japanese Myth

• Other Gods/Goddesses that can be searched to get bits and pieces of Ukemochi's lore. This one is mostly for myself.

6. The Structure of the Pantheon and the Concept of Sin in Ancient Japan

• Some more ideas of Ukemochi's relation religion and people/land.

7. Sanemori's Revenge: Insects, Eco-System Accidents, and Policy Decisions in Japan's Environmental History

• Mentions silkworms coming from Ukemochi's body under the name of Ogetsuhime.

8. Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth: Inari

• Talks about Inari's involvement after Ukemochi's death.

Edits:

1. Numbered sources and reorganized sources for clarity.
2. Added more description for myself.

Jyanken (talk) 20:15, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Great sources! U1056662 (talk) 20:17, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Ukemochi Contribution Draft Proposals

(Back at the project as stated previously. I've cited the sources that are previously posted into my contributions below for my own clarity.)

Change the title to Ukemochi's page from Uke Mochi -> Ukemochi for consistent formatting.

Original:

1. Ōgetsu-hime is the wife of Hayamato (羽山戸神, Hayamato-no-kami), who is the son of Toshigami through his wife, Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売) in the Kojiki.

2. When Ukemochi (Ōgetsu-hime) was visited by Tsukuyomi she prepared a feast by facing the ocean and spitting out a fish, then she faced the forest and bountiful game spewed out of her mouth, finally turning to a rice paddy she coughed up a bowl of rice.

3. Tsukuyomi was so disgusted he killed her. Even her dead body produced food: millet, rice, and beans sprang forth. Her eyebrows even became silkworms.

4. Her eyebrows even became silkworms.

5. Ōgetsu-hime is the wife of Hayamato (羽山戸神, Hayamato-no-kami), who is the son of Toshigami through his wife, Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売) in the Kojiki.

Proposed Changes Corresponding to Original: [changes in italics]

1. Different interpretations of Ukemochi often refer to them as both male and female. Ōgetsu-hime is the wife of Hayamato (羽山戸神, Hayamato-no-kami), who is the son of Toshigami through his wife, Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売) in the Kojiki.

2. When Ukemochi (Ōgetsu-hime) was visited by Tsukuyomi she prepared a feast by facing the ocean and spitting out a fish, then she faced the forest and bountiful game spewed out of her mouth, finally turning to a rice paddy she coughed up a bowl of rice. [6 in proposal]. In Kojiki, it is stated that she pulled various foods from within her nose, rectum, and mouth to prepare a feast. [1 in proposal]

3. Tsukuyomi was so disgusted by what he saw that he killed her. Her dead body also produced food: millet, rice seeds, wheat, and beans sprang forth. [1,2,4,7 in proposal] Out of her eyebrows came silkworms. While different sources mention similar items that came from a part of Ukemochi's body, from which part of her body these items came from is less agreed upon. [1 in proposal]

4. Out of her head came silkworms. [1 in proposal] In some narratives of Ukemochi after her death, Tsukuyomi finds that the food that came from her body could not be destroyed. Thus, he takes the grains and animals and gives them new life. [3 in proposal] This new life was put under Inari's jurisdiction. [8 in proposal]

5. When shown in other forms, Ukemochi takes the shape of a fox. [3 in proposal]. Ōgetsu-hime is the wife of Hayamato (羽山戸神, Hayamato-no-kami), who is the son of Toshigami through his wife, Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売) in the Kojiki. Jyanken (talk) 01:08, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Edit in extras that may be added:

1. Ukemochi, Inari, and Toyouke-Ōmikami are said to all be connected to each other. (1 in extra citations)

2. It is believed that Ukemochi's death explained why the sun and the moon are not seen together as the sun goddess, Amaterasu, who heard of Ukemochi's passing, never wanted to meet the moon god, Tsukuyomi, again. (2 in extra citations)

Extra citations:

Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes] IBSN: 9780313349904

Talks about Touyo-uke and Inari which are all related to Ukemochi.

Britannica Ukemochi-no-Kami

Explains that it could have been Tsukuyomi or Susanoo and details the death of Ukemochi explaining why the sun and the moon are not seen together

Jyanken (talk) 01:18, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Gonna work on this

Just adding this in the talk section as a reminder to work on this.CycoMa (talk) 04:49, 29 October 2020 (UTC)