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In Japanese mythology, Aizen Myo-o is the god of love.
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In Japanese mythology, Aji-Shiki is a shining young god who cut down his dead friend's mortuary house in heaven so that it fell to earth and became Mount Moyama.
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In Japanese mythology, Ajisukitakahikone was the chief of many thunder- spirits, and the father of Takitsuhiko, the lord of pouring rain. When he was a baby he was so noisy that his nurses carried him up and down a flight of steps to soothe him, and then put him in a boat to sail endlessly round and around Japan, and this is why the sound of thunder is heard to approach and then recede.
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In Japanese mythology, Ama Terasu is the Sun-Goddess.
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In Japanese Shinto mythology, Amaterasu is the sun goddess and mother of Japan, grandmother of Jimmu Tenno, the first ruler of Japan. She is said to frown upon clothes not dried in the sun, and as such in Japan tumble-driers are very rare.
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In Japanese mythology, Bimbogami is the god of poverty. He is an obstinate companion of families, who try hard to get rid of him and with him their poverty.
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In Japanese mythology, Daikoku was the God of Wealth, one of the seven gods of good luck.
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In Japanese mythology, Dainichi-Nyorai was one of the Buddhist Trinity, the god of purity and wisdom.
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In Japanese mythology, Daishi is the great teacher.
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A daruma is a large, red, papier-mache figure in the form of a seated, pot-bellied Buddhist monk. Darumas are thought to bring good luck and prosperity.
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In Japanese mythology, Dosojin is the god of the roads.
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In Japanese mythology, Ebisu is the god of good luck, especially fishermen's luck.
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In Japanese mythology, Ekibyogami is the god of plague and pestilence.
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In Japanese mythology, Emma-o is the god of death, judge of the dead and the lord of the afterlife. He lives at Yellow Springs.
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In Japanese mythology, Fudo is the god of wisdom and the god of fire.
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In Japanese mythology, Fuji is the goddess of Mount Fuji and its rocks. She is the one to whose peak pilgrims climb to worship the rising sun.
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In Japanese mythology, Fukurokuju is a god of good luck.
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In Japanese mythology, Gaki is a demon often associated with the dead.
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In Japanese mythology, Hachiman is the god of war.
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In Japanese legends, Hidesato is a fearless hero who killed the centipede and other monsters.
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In Japanese mythology, Hoso-no-Kami is the god of smallpox.
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In Japanese mythology, Hotei is a god of good luck and the wisdom of being content.
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In Japanese mythology, Iki-Ryo is a spirit of anger and jealousy which does harm to other people.
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In Japanese mythology, Inari is both the god of food and the goddess of rice.
Inari is both male and female and takes both forms.
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In Japanese mythology, Isora is the god of the seashore.
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In Shinto mythology, Izanagi and Izanami are the central deities in the creation myth. They were descended from seven pairs of brothers and sisters who had appeared after heaven and earth had separated out of chaos. A mighty bridge floated between the heavens and the primeval oceans; standing on this,
Izanagi and Izanami stirred the waters below with a jewelled spear to form the first land mass. Their union gave birth to the islands of Japan and to various deities. In giving birth to the fire-god Kagutsuchi (or Homusubi), however, Izanami was fatally burnt and descended to the land of darkness, Yomi. When
Izanagi ventured into the underworld to seek his dead spouse, he found her alive but imprisoned in a decomposing body. Fleeing, Izanagi bathed in the sea to purify himself and in doing so gave birth to a number of deities, among them Amaterasu, the sun goddess, from his left eye, the moon-god Tsukumi from his right eye, and the storm god Susanowo from his nostrils. In Shinto religion, the purification practised in the harai ceremony commemorates
Izanagi's submersion in water.
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In Japanese mythology, jikininki are the spirits of dead people whose greed prevented their souls from entering a more peaceful existence after death and who lead a half-life by eating corpses.
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In Japanese mythology, Jizo is the god of children.
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In Japanese mythology, Kagutsuchi is the spirit of fire, the god of destructive and purifying fire, and of summer heat. When he was born he scorched the vagina of his mother Izanami so badly that she died. His father cut him into five pieces, and as his blood hit the ground it became five mountain spirits. Just like fire he rekindled himself and settled on the peak of Mount Atago.
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In Japanese mythology, Kannon is the goddess of mercy.
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In Japanese mythology, Kaze-no-Kami is the god of wind, storm and bad colds.
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In Japanese mythology, Kishi-Bojin is the goddess who protects children.
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In Japanese mythology, Kojin is a good-natured deity of the kitchen.
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In Japanese mythology, Koshin is the god of travel and progress.
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In Japanese mythology, Kotoamatsukami were the first five powers which came spontaneously into existence at the time of the creation of the universe. They were: Amenominakanushi (Sky), Takamimusubi (High Producer), Kamimusubi (Divine Producer), Umashiashikabihikoji (Reed) and Amenotokotachi (Heaven).
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In Japanese mythology, maneki neko (the beckoning cat or waving cat) originates with a story of a cat that stood in the doorway of the Gotoku-ji temple and raised her paw in the traditional Japanese beckoning gesture to a passing feudal lord. The feudal lord followed the cat into the temple and as he did so a lightning bolt struck the place where he had been previously standing. The lord realised that the cat had saved his life and from then on the beckoning cat represented the goddess of mercy. From Japan the mythology of the beckoning cat spread to the rest of the Orient including China, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The cat depicted beckoning with its right hand beckons money and good fortune, the cat beckoning with its left paw is beckoning customers and good fortune. Typically the cat is depicted in three colours, however it is also produced in black as a talisman against evil and stalkers.
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In Japanese mythology, Marishi-Ten is the goddess of light, of sun and moon.
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In Japanese mythology, Musubi-no-Kami is the god of marriage.
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In Japanese mythology, Niniji was the grandson of Amaterasu, the sun. His task was to direct the suns rays from heaven to swell the celestial paddies which provided food for the gods.
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In Japanese mythology, Oho-Yama is the great mountain god, father of Uzume.
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In Japanese mythology, the Oni are evil spirits.
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In Japanese mythology, Raicho is the Thunder-Bird. It looks like a rook and lives in a pine tree but makes a terrifying noise.
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In Japanese mythology, Raiden is the god of thunder. He is depicted with claws, a red skin and a demon's head.
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In Japanese mythology, Raiju is a demon of lightning. He is depicted as a badger, cat or a weasel. During thunderstorms he becomes agitated and jumps from tree to tree and likes to hide in people's navels.
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In Japanese mythology, Sengen is the goddess of Mount Fuji.
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In Japanese mythology, the Shi Tenno are four heavenly kings who protect Japan against evil spirits.
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In Japanese mythology, Shito Dama is an astral spirit. It is shaped like a fireball and is bright red in colour.
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In Japanese mythology, Shoden or Shoten is the elephant-god of wisdom.
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In Japanese mythology, Susanowo is the storm god.
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In Japanese mythology, Tenjin is the god of writing, who taught mankind how to write.
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In Japanese mythology, Tsuki-Yumi is the god of the moon.
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In Japanese mythology, Uke-Mochi-No-Kami is the goddess of fertility and nourishment. The provider, through death, of life sustaining substances.
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In Japanese mythology, Uzume is the goddess of dancing.
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In Japanese mythology, Yasha is a vampire-bat, said to be the spirit of a woman whose anger lowered her status in rebirth.
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In Japanese mythology, yata is the star-mirror of the sun goddess.
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