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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 ...
LOVE sculpture Arts Park in New Castle, Indiana In New York City, New York In John F. Kennedy Plaza, Philadelphia with Museum of Art in the far background At the Scottsdale, Arizona Civic Center. Robert Indiana's pop art Love design was originally produced as a print for a Museum of Modern Art Christmas card in 1965.
The god of fortune, guardian of children, patron of diviners and barmen, and also the god of popularity. One of the Seven Lucky Gods. Hotoke A Buddhist term used to denote a deceased person, among other meanings. Hyakki Yakō A parade of ghosts, spirits and demons that takes place at night. Hyakume
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.
Bear god / goddess; A132.9. Cattle god / goddess; A161.2. King of the Gods; A177.1. Gods as Dupe or Tricksters; A192. Death or departure of the gods; A193. Gods of Dying-and-rising; A200—A299. Gods of the Upper World A210. Gods of the Sky; A220. Gods of the Sun; A240. Gods of the Moon; A250. Gods of the Stars; A260. Gods of Light; A270. Gods ...
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 ...
Fukurokuju, Japanese god derived from "Shou" deity of Sanxing; He-He Er Xian (和合二仙), Immortals of Harmony and Union, associated with happy marriages; Seven Lucky Gods, similar group of Japanese auspicious deities; Tai Sui (太歲)—60 Heavenly Officials who will be in charge of each year during the Chinese sixty-year cycle; Wufang Shangdi