Yama no Kami - Mountain Spirits
The kami dwelling in mountains, revered as the source of water and agricultural blessings.
Mountains hold special significance in Shinto as the abodes of powerful kami. Mountain deities control the waters that flow down to irrigate fields and are honored with shrines at peaks and mountain villages. Many mountains themselves are considered kami.
From the mountain kami flow the waters that give life to the rice fields below.
Mountain veneration connects Shinto to agricultural cycles and water sources.
Folk traditions