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  2. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Hachiman (八幡神) is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people. Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove. Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility. Their messengers and symbolic animal are foxes.

  3. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:Japanese gods - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Japanese gods" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total.

  5. Family tree of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    JAPANESE EMPERORS: Inahi: Itsuse no Mikoto: Ahiratsu-hime: 711–585 BC Jimmu 660–585 BC (1) Himetataraisuzu-hime [62] Kamo no Okimi: Amenotaneko [60] Miwa clan: Kisumimi: Tagishimimi: 632–549 BC Suizei 581–549 BC (2) Isuzuyori-hime: Hikoyai: Kamuyaimimi d.577 BC: Usami no Mikoto [60] 567–511 BC Annei 549–511 BC (3) Ikisomimi no mikoto

  6. Category:Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Japanese gods (1 C, 85 P) A. Ainu kamuy (24 P) D. Deified Japanese people (4 ...

  7. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A collective name for three gods of the sea and sailing, born together with Watatsumi when Izanagi purified himself after returning from Yomi. Sunakake-baba An old woman who throws sand in people's faces. Sunekosuri A doglike yōkai from Okayama Prefecture that rubs against people's legs at night or when it is raining and gets in people's way ...

  8. Seven Lucky Gods - Wikipedia

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    It is known that these deities mostly have their origins as ancient gods of fortune from religions popular in Japan: from Mahayana Buddhism (Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Daikokuten) which came to Japan from China but originated in India, and from Chinese Taoism (Fukurokuju, Hotei, Jurojin); except for one (Ebisu) who has a native Japanese ancestry.

  9. Izanagi - Wikipedia

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    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.