Yamatototohimomosohime no Mikoto

Yamatototohimomosohime no Mikoto is a legendary figure in early Japanese tradition, appearing in the Nihon Shoki as a priestess-like woman associated with the semi-legendary ruler Mimaki Iribiko (Emperor Sujin) and connected to the origins of the Hashihaka kofun, a burial mound some scholars associate with early Yamato political and ritual authority. She is often linked to shamanic or oracular practices in early accounts, and later folk and shrine traditions have associated her with agricultural fertility and food-related blessings, though such associations rest on regional veneration rather than a single canonical account of her powers. She continues to be honored at certain shrines in the Kansai region, where local tradition ties her memory to the wellbeing of crops and communities.