Inari
이나리
JapaneseJapanese Mythology
"Kami of Rice, Prosperity, and Foxes"
✦ Personality Traits
✦ About
Inari Ōkami is the kami (spirit) of rice, fertility, prosperity, industry, and success. One of the most popular deities in Shinto, Inari is worshipped at over one-third of all Shinto shrines in Japan, identified by their distinctive red torii gates.
Inari's gender is fluid—depicted as male, female, or androgynous depending on tradition. Their messengers and servants are the kitsune (foxes), who are often mistaken for Inari themselves. The fox statues at Inari shrines hold keys to rice granaries or jewels representing the spirit.
Inari protects farmers' harvests, merchants' businesses, and craftspeople's work. In modern times, Inari has become the patron of business success and financial prosperity, with corporations and entrepreneurs among their most devoted followers.
✦ Famous Story
Inari is said to have descended to earth when the land was young, bringing rice cultivation to Japan. The foxes that serve Inari are not ordinary animals but magical beings who can take human form, serving as intermediaries between the kami and humans.
✦ If You Match
Your features reflect the prosperous blessing of Inari. There is an abundant, mysterious quality to your presence—the look of one who brings success and fortune to worthy endeavors.
