Inari

Inari

Title: The Golden Harvest Whose Smile Feeds a Thousand Mouths
Domains: Rice, Agriculture, Prosperity, Foxes, Industry
Symbols: Rice stalk, white fox, red torii gate, folded crane

Duties of Inari

As a goddess of sustenance and thriving communities, her duties include:

• Blessing harvests and fertile lands
• Guiding merchants, workers, and farmers toward abundance
• Guarding sacred foxes as her messengers and agents
• Inspiring acts of charity and mutual aid
• Balancing growth with humility and gratitude

Earning Divine Favor

• Providing food for the hungry
• Rescuing a farm or small business from collapse
• Showing reverence to fox spirits and temple caretakers
• Negotiating peaceful trade or bartering in good faith
• Offering prosperity to others before oneself

Worship

Shrines to Inari are found in every village and city street.
Offerings include:

• Rice or sake served in small red bowls
• Paper cranes hung in bundles
• Fox-shaped charms or masks left at crossroads
• Candles lit at planting and harvest times