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japan gods and demons mythology

Thursday, March 17, 2011 ( 11:33 PM )

According japanese mythology, there were several gods that was well known, through the world. these are the list of the gods and demons that famous and whorshiped in japan :

AJI-SHIKI

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.

AJISUKITAKAHIKONE

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.

AMATERASU

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.

BIMBOGAMI

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.

DAIKOKU

In Japanese mythology, Daikoku was the God of Wealth, one of the seven gods of good luck.

DAINICHI-NYORAI

In Japanese mythology, Dainichi-Nyorai was one of the Buddhist Trinity, the god of purity and wisdom.

DARUMA

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.

EBISU

In Japanese mythology, Ebisu is the god of good luck, especially fishermen's luck.

EMMA-O

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.

FUJI

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.

HACHIMAN

In Japanese mythology, Hachiman is the god of war.

INARI

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.

IZANAGI

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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