Randomness And Tags

JAPANESE

Aizen-Myoo

God of love, worshipped by prostitutes, landlords, singers and musicians.

Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone

God of thunder.

Ama-No-Minaka-Nushi

'Divine Lord of the Middle Heavens' and god of the Pole Star.

Amaterasu

Shinto goddess of the sun and the leader of the Shinto pantheon.

Amatsu Mikaboshi

God of evil, his name means "August Star of Heaven".

Amatsu-Kami

Gods of heaven who live 'above' the earthly plain. Heavenly and eternal.

Ama-Tsu-Mara

Shinto god of smiths. He is pictured as a Cyclops.

Ame-No-Mi-Kumari

Shinto water goddess.

Ame-No-Wakahiko

God sent to rule the earth. Killed by the sky god Takami-Musubi.

Amida

God of death, to whom the devout turned at the moment of their death.

Am-No-Tanabata-Hime

Goddess of weavers.

Baku

A good spirit, known as the 'eater of dreams'.

Benten

Goddess of love, the arts, wisdom, poetry, good fortune and water.

Benzai-Ten

See Benten.

Bimbogami

God of poverty. Rituals are performed to get rid of him.

Binzuru-Sonja

God of curing illness and good vision.

Bishamon

God of war, justice and protector of the law. He is one of the Shichi Fukujin

Bosatsu

Manifestation of the Buddha in the past, present or future. See bodhisattva.

Butsu

See Buddha.

Chien-Shin

A kami which is related to particular geographical area

Chimata-No-Kami

Go of crossroads, highways and footpaths. He was originally a phallic god

Chup-Kamui

Sun goddess of the Ainu. She was originally the moon goddess

Daibosatsu

The Great bodhisattva or the Buddha in his last incarnation.

Daikoku

God of wealth, the soil and patron of farmers.

Dainichi

Buddhist personification of purity and wisdom.

Dosojin

God of roads.