山の神 Yama-no-Kami

林道を進むと、山の神が祀られていました。山の神は、山を支配して守るという、勇壮なイメージを持ちますが、女性神だそうです。
自分の妻のことを、山の神と呼ぶ男性もいますが、お行儀の悪い表現だと思います。

When I walked along a forest road, I found the place where Yama-no-Kami (deity of the mountain) had been worshiped for a long time. It is a heroic image that the Yama-no-Kami rules over the mountain and keeps it, but the deity is female.
There is the man who calls his wife a Yama-no-Kami, but I think it is ill-mannered expression.