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Home › Culture › Religion › Deities › Japanese Deities

Japanese Deities

    Aizen-Mayo-o

  • God of love, prostitutes, singers, tavern-keepers, and musicians

    Ama-Uzume

  • Goddess of persuasion

    Amaterasu

  • Goddess of the sun
  • Ruler of the Plain of Heaven
  • Sister of Susanowo

    Binzuru-Sonja

  • God of curing and fine vision

    Bishamon-Ten

  • God of wealth
  • Protector of human life
  • Chaser of demons

    Chimata-No-Kami

  • Gods of crossroads, highways, and footpaths

    Daikoku

  • God of wealth and happiness
  • Protector of the soil
  • Creates gold with his magic mallet

    Ebisu

  • God of fishermen

    Emma-O

  • God of the dead
  • Punishes the dead
  • Can prolong life and resurrect the dead

    Fudo

  • God who protects against calamaties, fires, and theft
  • Supports mortals in their enterprises

    Fujin

  • God of the wind
  • Present at the creation of the world

    Fukurkuju

  • Star god

    Hackiman

  • God of war

    Hotel

  • God of good luck

    Inari

  • God of fertility, rice, and foxes

    Izanagi and Izanami

  • Of the eighth generation of the first gods
  • Brother-husband and sister-wife
  • Created the Island of Onogoro

    Juroujin

  • God of longevity
  • Walks with a staff and a fan, and is accompanied by a deer

    Kishijo-Ten

  • Goddess of good fortune and beauty




    Kishimo-Jin

  • Mother goddess of demons
  • Eventually became the protectress of children

    Kojin

  • Goddess of the kitchen
  • Lives in a nettle tree

    Marishi-Ten

  • Goddess of warriors and first light
  • Guards warriors
  • Is invisible

    Nio

  • Spirits who protect children and prevent theft
  • Ugly in appearance, but very pleasant in manner

    Ohonamochi

  • God of medicine, fishing, raising of silk-worms, and the art of silk-making

    Okuninushi

  • God who built the non-celestial world
  • Son of Susanowo

    Shoten

  • God of gamblers, prostitutes, merchants, speculators, procurers, actors, and geishas

    Raiden

  • God of thunder and lightning

    Suijin

  • God of water

    Sukuma-Bikona

  • Dwarf who assisted Okuninushi in building the world

    Susanowo

  • God of water, storms, and the sea
  • Son of Izanagi

    Toyo-Uke-Hime

  • Goddess of agriculture

    Tsuikiyomi-No-Miloto

  • God of the moon
  • Son of Izanagi

    Uga-Jin

  • God of the waters, fertility of the earth, and serpent god

    Ukemochi

  • Goddess of food and sustenance

    Yama-No-Kami

  • Goddess of the hunt, the forest, agriculture, and vegetation
  • Other fact

Bibliography

  1. Baumgartner, Anne S. Ye Gods!. Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart Inc., 1984.
  2. Wikipedia




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