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Seidai Myōjin, god of sports, enshrined at Shiramine Jingū in Kyoto, especially worshipped for kemari and football. Shinatsuhiko, a kami of wind. [25] Sukuna-Biko-Na (少名毘古那) A small deity of medicine and rain, who created and solidified the land with Ōkuninushi. Sumiyoshi sanjin, the gods of the sea and sailing.
Hymen, god of marriage, weddings, and the bridal hymn. Pothos, god of sexual longing, yearning, and desire. Hedone, goddess of pleasure. Helios, the sun, who played a role in love-magic; according to Pindar, lovesick men would pray to him. Pan, god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, and fertility of the wild/flocks. Is portrayed as ...
In ancient times, these gods were worshiped separately, but this rarely happens today – only when it is required for the god to act on behalf of the applicant. The Seven Gods of Fortune started being mentioned as a collective in the year 1420 in Fushimi, in order to imitate the processions of the daimyōs, the feudal lords of pre-modern Japan.
Japanese gods and goddesses, called kami, are uniquely numerous (there are at least eight million) and varied in power and stature. [1] They are usually descendants from the original trio of gods that were born from nothing in the primordial oil that was the world before the kami began to shape it.
A472. Gods of Sleep; A473. Gods of Wealth; A475. Gods of Love and Lust; A484. Gods of Oaths; A485. Gods of War; A486. the Furies (goddesses of vengeance) A487. Gods of Death; A490. Miscellaneous Gods of the Earth A491. God of Travellers; A493. Gods of Fire; A500—A599. Demigods and Culture Heroes. A502. Heroes or demigods as fourth race of men ...
The god continues to enjoy an exalted position as a deity of fortune and the household in Japan. Images of Daikokuten can be found in both Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in the country (a relic of the long-standing fusion of the two religions), though in the latter case, these are usually interpreted and revered as representations of the ...
Himeros (desire) and Philotes (affection) were bestowed upon the world by Aphrodite initiating sexual encounter; [4] they spoke words of love and winning talk that affected the minds and hearts of mortals and gods alike. [5] Himeros is closely associated with Pothos, the personification of passionate longing.
When Ōkuninushi was at the Cape of Miho in Izumo, a tiny god riding on the waves of the sea in a bean-pod appears and comes to him. Ōkuninushi asked the stranger his name, but he would not reply. A toad then told Ōkuninushi to ask Kuebiko (久延毘古), a god in the form of a scarecrow who "knows all things