Kamaboto - Kamaboto

Japanese: 竈仏 - かまぼとけ
Kamaboto - Kamaboto

...There are legends about the Kamadogami being a fertile and ugly goddess, and she was originally thought to be a deity that should be worshipped by the housewife of the family. The name and way of worshiping the Kamadogami vary from place to place. In the Rikuzen region, she is worshipped by hanging a clay mask called Kamadobutsu or Kamadoto on a pillar next to the hearth, while in the Kinai region she is called Okudosan, with pine and sakaki trees offered on top of a normally unused cauldron. In the Chugoku region, Dokojin is called Dokusan or Rocksan, which is a mispronunciation, and she is worshipped by offering sakaki trees and five-colored flags to the main pillar.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "kamadobutsu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…竈神には多産で醜い女神であるという伝承もあり,もとは一家の主婦が祭るべき神とされていた。竈神の呼称や祭り方は各地で異なり,陸前地方では竈仏,竈男と呼ばれる土製の面を竈の側の柱にかけて祭っており,畿内ではふだん使わぬ大釜の上に松やサカキを供えてオクドサンなどと呼んでいる。中国地方では土公神(どこうじん)がなまってドックサン,ロックサンと呼ばれ,大黒柱にサカキや五色旗を供えて祭っている。…

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