Geography/Culture: Japanese.
Linguistic Note: Japanese uke, food, plus mochi, she who possesses.
Description: Goddess of fertility and the substances that sustain life; Provider of rice from flat-lands, sea-weed and fish from the sea, game creatures from the mountains; through Her death She sustains life.
To Whom Sacred: panic grass; cultivated rice-plant and the cooked grain; wheat; millet; beans; cattle; silkworms; horse.
Male Associate: Inari, ----. She is sometimes confused with him.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• One of the alternate meanings of Hindu Annapurna's name is Possessor-of-Food. Interestingly similar to the meaing of Uke-Mochi-No-Kami's name.
• She is sometimes confused with Inari, ----, below.
• Daughter of Izanami, She-Who-Invites.
• Uke-Mochi-No-Kami is also called Toyo-Uke-Byme, TOYO-WKA-BYMA, Princess-of-Rich-Food.
• Short-form Uke-Mochi.
• Short-form variant Ukemochi.
• Also called: Waka-Uke-Nome, U*K*,WKA-NOMA, The-Young-Woman-with-Food.

Geography/Culture: Japanese.
Description: Shapeshifting Shehe of rice; Guardian of rice-crops; Shehe Who descends from Eris mountain home in spring and returns in autumn; Tutelary deity of swordsmiths and traders.
To Whom Sacred: fox.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Usually concieved of as male, Shehe is sometimes confused with Uke-Mochi-No-Kami, She-Who-Possesses-Food, above.