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This is further exemplified by (1) an alternative epithet, Amateru Kami (天照神, [8] ' The Goddess Who Shines in Heaven '), which is a plain, non-honorific version of Amaterasu Ōmikami, (2) alternative forms of the verb amaterasu used elsewhere, for example its continuative form amaterashi (天 照 之) in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku, [9 ...
The Seven Lucky Gods (by Yoshitoshi) The Seven Lucky Gods (七福神, Shichi Fukujin) are: Benzaiten (弁才天 or 弁財天) Also known as Benten or Benzaitennyo, she is the goddess of everything that flows: words (and knowledge, by extension), speech, eloquence, and music. Said to be the third daughter of the dragon-king of Munetsuchi, over ...
Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the wife of fellow-god Sarutahiko Ōkami. (-no-Mikoto is a common honorific appended to the names of Japanese gods; it may be understood as similar to the English honorific 'the ...
The Shinto moon god, brother of Amaterasu the sun goddess and Susanoo the storm god. Tsurara-onna An icicle that became a woman, often confused with yuki-onna. Tsurubebi A fiery yōkai that drops out of the tops of trees and dangles, also known in some places as tsurube-otoshi. Tsurube-otoshi
Pages in category "Fox deities" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amaterasu; D. Dakini; H ...
Amaterasu Ōkami (天照大神, Amaterasu Ōkami) The Shinto goddess of the sun and chief kami of the pantheon, as well as one of the Three Noble Gods, ruling over the heavens. Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (月夜見の尊, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto) The Shinto god of the moon and one of the Three Noble Gods, ruling over the oceans. Izanagi (伊邪那岐 ...
Izanagi and Izanami are held to be the creators of the Japanese archipelago and the progenitors of many deities, which include the sun goddess Amaterasu, the moon deity Tsukuyomi, and the storm god Susanoo. He is a god that can be said to be the beginning of the current Japanese imperial family.
He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo. In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi , third was Amatsuhikone , fourth was Ikutsuhikone , and Kumanokusubi was ...