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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 ...
You can help by providing page numbers for existing citations. ... SHINTO DEITIES (legendary genealogy) [1] Ame-no-Minakanushi: Takamimusubi [2] Kamimusubi: Kuni-no ...
It has been used to describe mind, God, Supreme Being, one of the Shinto deities, an effigy, a principle, and anything that is worshipped. [5] [6] Although deity is the common interpretation of kami, some Shinto scholars argue that such a translation can cause a misunderstanding of the term. [7] [page needed] Some etymological suggestions are:
Shinto (神道, Shintō), also kami-no-michi, [a] is the indigenous religion of Japan and of most of the people of Japan. [14] George Williams classifies Shinto as an action-centered religion; [15] it focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently in order to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient roots. [16]
A torii gateway to the Yobito Shrine (Yobito-jinja) in Abashiri City, HokkaidoThere is no universally agreed definition of Shinto. [2] According to Joseph Cali and John Dougill, if there was "one single, broad definition of Shinto" that could be put forward, it would be that "Shinto is a belief in kami", the supernatural entities at the centre of the religion. [3]
Yaoyorozu no Kami (八百万の神, Eight Million Gods) is a term referring to kami in Shinto. The phrase "eight million gods" in Shinto religion does not mean that there are exactly 8 million gods. It means there are too many gods to count. [1] At the time infinity was not a known concept [2] and 8 is a lucky number in Asian culture. [3]
Inari is also associated with the numbers 2 and 3, numbers with either one at the beginning, including and especially multiples of them able to be evenly divided by powers of 10, [16] and multiples of 2 and 3. He is also associated with brothels, entertainers, swords and swordsmiths, and food and meals in general besides rice. [15]
Whenever Mount Chokai (right) erupted, the rank of Omonoimi no Kami the god of Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine (left) was raised Shinkai (神階, "divine rank") is a system of ranking kami in Shinto . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Higher rank meant more lands were given to the shrine and it became wealthier and more powerful.