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Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命), [1] or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), [2] is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み ...
From the Towers of the Moon – 1992 American theatrical opera, [14] inspired by the film Princess from the Moon. Turn A Gundam – 1999 Gundam anime series and film. [20] Naruto – 1999 Japanese shōnen manga and anime franchise. [21] Mushishi – 1999 manga and 2006 anime. Oh! Edo Rocket – 2001 Japanese play and novel and 2007 manga and ...
Goddess of the Moon Khonsu: Egyptian: The god of the moon. A story tells that Ra (the sun God) had forbidden Nut (the Sky goddess) to give birth on any of the 360 days of the calendar. In order to help her give birth to her children, Thoth (the god of wisdom) played against Khonsu in a game of senet.
Sun Wukong fights the Moon Rabbit, a scene in the sixteenth century Chinese novel, Journey to the West, depicted in Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. In the Buddhist Jataka tales, [4] Tale 316 relates that a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit resolved to practice charity on the day of the full moon (), believing a demonstration of great virtue would earn a great reward.
Chang'e and her story is the main theme of the 2020 American-Chinese animated feature film Over the Moon produced by Netflix. The goddess is voiced by Phillipa Soo. [14] Chang'e and her story was reimagined in the 2022 fantasy novel Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan. [15]
The story involves Tasuke Shichiri, a 14-year-old boy that receives a gift from his father, Tarousuke, who is traveling in China. The gift is a ring, the shitenrin, and those pure of heart may gaze into it and receive a moon goddess named Shaolin.
The Sun goddess and her sibling the moon god's interpersonal conflicts explain, in Japanese myth, why the Sun and the Moon do not stay in the sky at the same time — their distaste for one another keeps them both turning away from the other. [1] Meanwhile, the sun goddess and the storm god Susanoo's conflicts were intense and bloody. [10]
Kaya-no-hime, the goddess of vegetation, grass and fields. Kisshōten , goddess of good fortune; [21] also known as Kichijōten, Kisshoutennyo (吉祥天女), and as Kudokuten (功徳天), Kisshōten is the Shinto adaption, via Buddhism, from the Hindu goddess, Lakshmi. Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.