kamaotoko　釜男

KEY WORD :　architecture / folk dwellings

Also sometimes written 竃男. Lit. cauldron male. An alternative term for *kamadogami 竃神, the tutelary deity of the cooking range *kamado 竃, and cauldron kama 釜, and by extension of the kitchen. Term used in Iwate, Akita and Miyagi prefectures.

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