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In order to get rid of him, Mayurbhatta started to pronounce his words through his nose. Since brahmarakshasas do not have a nose it left the tree, which immediately turned dry. After the being left, Mayurbhatta could peacefully create the hundred verses in praise of Surya , which cured him of leprosy.
' malevolent spirits ') – An oni-like creature in Japanese folklore, thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires. Similar to the amanojaku. Jama (邪魔, lit. ' malevolent demons ') – A demon or devil of perversity, a hindrance to the practice of purity in Shinto and the practice of enlightenment in Buddhism. Jichinsai ...
Kangiten or Kankiten (Japanese: 歓喜天, "god of bliss"; [1] Sanskrit (): Nandikeśvara), also known as Binayaka (毘那夜迦; Skt. Vināyaka), Ganabachi (誐那鉢底, alternatively Ganahachi or Ganahattei; Skt. Gaṇapati), or more commonly, Shōten or Shōden (聖天, lit. "sacred god" [2] or "noble god" [3]), is a deva (ten) venerated mainly in the Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese ...
They often have predatory or malevolent tendencies. Yaoguai vary considerably from one another in appearance and powers, and depending on particular individual or type, as being capable of shapeshifting, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] creating illusions, hypnosis , controlling minds, causing disease, clairvoyance, and draining the life force of mortals.
So the Kamigoryo Shrine was built in Kyoto in 794 to appease his spirit, and he was enshrined as a kami. [2] An example of a goryō is the Shinto kami known as Tenjin: Government official Sugawara no Michizane was killed in a plot by a rival member of the Fujiwara clan.
Bloodthirsty malevolent demons with ugly appearances derived from Indian legend and entering China through the influence of Buddhism. They are described as evil man-eaters of large appearance and stature, and capable of swift and terrifying flight.
In Shinto, it is believed that the god resides within a sacred object housed at the shrine. It is possible for a deity to be in more than one place at a time, as such a Kami may be housed at many shrines, as well as being omnipresent and omniscient. Sukuna Hikona is enshrined at, Oarai Isosaki-jinja. In the Montoku Jitsuroku, a book of Japanese ...
Malsumis (sometimes Malsum or Malsom) is thought by some to be the highly malevolent spirit or god of chaos in Abenaki mythology, an Algonquian people of northeastern North America. [1] Some Wabanaki believe that he is not Gluskab's brother at all, or agree that he was not evil.