Tale 16 — Konse-sama and Okoma-sama

There were not a few houses that enshrined Konse-sama, a god of horses and fertility, and its sacred body closely resembled that of Okoma-sama, a god of horses. Okoma-sama's shrines were common in the villages, and there used to be a custom of dedicating images of the male member carved in stone or wood, but in recent years this has gradually decreased.

Source: Yanagita Kunio, Tono Monogatari (1910) — Aozora Bunko (Japanese text)
Land: Tono
Type: Gods and Belief
Beings: Konse-sama, Okoma-sama

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