Okinagatarashihime (Empress Jingu)

Okinagatarashihime, better known as Empress Jingū, is a legendary figure in early Japanese chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, said to have led a military campaign to the Korean peninsula while pregnant with her son, the future Emperor Ōjin. She is traditionally associated with childbirth and safe delivery, largely because of the accounts describing how she delayed giving birth until after her campaign concluded. In later tradition she came to be venerated at shrines, including some associated with Hachiman worship, where she is honored alongside her son as a protective figure connected to motherhood and successful childbirth.