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is harvest and fertility ''kami'' of Japanese Mythology.〔Watsky, Andrew Mark. (2004). 〕〔(''Handbook of Japanese mythology'' by Michael Ashkenazi p.126 )〕 Ugajin is represented both as a male and a female, and is often depicted with the body of a snake and the head of a bearded man, for the masculine variant,〔 or the head of a woman, for the female variant. In Tendai Buddhism Ugajin was syncretically fused with Buddhist goddess Benzaiten, which became known as Uga Benzaiten or Uga Benten. The goddess sometimes carries on her head Ugajin's effigy. In this limited sense, the ''kami'' is part of the Japanese Buddhist pantheon. ==Gallery== File:Ugajin_feminine_form.jpg|Ugajin's feminine form File:Hogonji13s3200.jpg|Statue of Benzaiten, a ''torii'' and a male Ugajin visible on her head (whose coiled serpent body is barely visible behind her crown) File:Zeniarai Benzaiten Kamakura Snake.jpg|Wooden snake at Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ugajin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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