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  2. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Amaterasu - Wikipedia

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    This is further exemplified by (1) an alternative epithet, Amateru Kami (天照神, [8] ' The Goddess Who Shines in Heaven '), which is a plain, non-honorific version of Amaterasu Ōmikami, (2) alternative forms of the verb amaterasu used elsewhere, for example its continuative form amaterashi (天 照 之) in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku, [9 ...

  4. Family tree of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    SHINTO DEITIES (legendary genealogy) [1] Ame-no-Minakanushi: Takamimusubi [2]: Kamimusubi: Kuni-no-Tokotachi: Umashiashikabihikoji: Amenotokotachi: Kuni-no-Tokotachi

  5. Kami - Wikipedia

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    Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto faith. Kami is the Japanese word for a deity, divinity, or spirit. [4] It has been used to describe mind, God, Supreme Being, one of the Shinto deities, an effigy, a principle, and anything that is worshipped.

  6. Ame-no-Uzume - Wikipedia

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    Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the wife of fellow-god Sarutahiko Ōkami. (-no-Mikoto is a common honorific appended to the names of Japanese gods; it may be understood as similar to the English honorific 'the ...

  7. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Shinto moon god, brother of Amaterasu the sun goddess and Susanoo the storm god. Tsurara-onna An icicle that became a woman, often confused with yuki-onna. Tsurubebi A fiery yōkai that drops out of the tops of trees and dangles, also known in some places as tsurube-otoshi. Tsurube-otoshi

  8. Category:Mythological foxes - Wikipedia

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  9. Izanagi - Wikipedia

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    The three most important kami, the "Three Precious Children" (三貴子 mihashira no uzu no miko or sankishi) – the sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami, the moon deity Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and the storm god Susanoo-no-Mikoto – were born when Izanagi washed his left eye, his right eye, and his nose, respectively. [20] [21]