The serpent-bodied wealth deity Ugajin was absorbed into Benzaiten during the medieval period, forming Uga Benzaiten — a syncretic figure combining Ugajin's prosperity powers with Benzaiten's water and arts domains, worshipped at shrines like Zeniarai Benzaiten in Kamakura.
Ugajin, the serpent-bodied kami of harvest wealth with a human face crowned by a coiled white snake, merged with Inari at shrines across Japan, blending Ugajin's associations with water and abundance into Inari's fox-messenger cult.
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