deity

Inari

A Japanese kami of rice, stores, and later commerce, often attended by foxes at shrines. The foxes are messengers in that cult, not European fox-omen lore.

Also known as Inari Ōkami

Shinto

Inari is associated with Fox.
Inari shrines are attended by foxes. The animal is a messenger in that cult, not a European omen-fox.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
associated with · interpretive · culturally specific
Inari is associated with Kitsune.
Kitsune may serve Inari. That is Japanese shrine-story, not Reynard and not a generic “fox spirit” of worldwide occult lists.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
associated with · interpretive · culturally specific
Inari is sacred to Rice.
Inari is a kami of rice and stores. Grain, not a European harvest-goddess template.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
sacred to · partially sourced · documented
Rice is sacred to Inari.
Rice is Inari’s store. The grain is East Asian agriculture before it is a kami’s brief.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
sacred to · partially sourced · documented