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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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    Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.

  4. Ame-no-Uzume - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, there are connections between the myths of Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto alongside the eighth-century mythic texts that describe the similar yet unique mythology between 21st-century Japan and modern myth scholarship; being that there are debates both in the Japanese and English languages in terms of rendering the names of specific places ...

  5. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    There are two types: gods of the mountains who are worshipped by hunters, woodcutters, and charcoal burners or gods of agriculture who come down from the mountains and are worshipped by farmers. They are generally considered to be female. Yamaoroshi A vegetable grater that has come to life as a tsukumogami. It is said to be almost porcupine ...

  6. Kitsune - Wikipedia

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    According to beliefs derived from fusui , the fox's power over evil is such that a mere statue of a fox can dispel the evil kimon, or energy, that flows from the northeast. Many Inari shrines, such as the famous Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto , feature such statues, sometimes large numbers of them.

  7. Category:Mythological foxes - Wikipedia

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  8. 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

  9. 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.