
Takamagahara · Patron of Rice · Fox-Messenger · The One Who Feeds
Inari
“Five grains in the palm — that is my wisdom. Keep them, and your house shall not want.”
You are at the red torii gates; beyond them runs the foxes' path. Enter, if you have brought respect for rice.
At the Torii
I am Inari. I am honored by the keepers of rice fields and by those who hold a house. Fox-messengers run before me, and red gates mark my paths.
Speak with me of plenty and of how not to squander it. I will answer sparingly, as an old chronicle, and remind you of purity and defilement.
What I Am Asked About
Who Is Near Me
Athe lady of TakamagaharaAmaterasuSunlight, from which the rice grows. Her I honor first.enterSthe brother of AmaterasuSusanooThe wild wind. He troubles the fields, but without wind there will be no harvest either.enterIthe forefather of the kamiIzanagiHe made the earth on which the rice grows. To him — silent gratitude.enter