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Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen. Konjin (金神) Kotoshironushi (事代主神) Kuebiko (久延毘古), the god of knowledge and agriculture, represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness. Kukunochi, believed to be the ancestor of trees. [22]
List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king; Names of God, names of deities of monotheistic religions
Japanese gods and goddesses, called kami, are uniquely numerous (there are at least eight million) and varied in power and stature. [1] They are usually descendants from the original trio of gods that were born from nothing in the primordial oil that was the world before the kami began to shape it.
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Amatsukami and Kunitsukami are categories of kami in Japanese mythology. [22] Amatsugami is a generic term for the gods in Takamagahara or those who descended from Tenson kōrin, while Kunitsugami is a generic term for the gods who appeared on the earth (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni). [23]
A collective name for three gods of the sea and sailing, born together with Watatsumi when Izanagi purified himself after returning from Yomi. Sunakake-baba An old woman who throws sand in people's faces. Sunekosuri A doglike yōkai from Okayama Prefecture that rubs against people's legs at night or when it is raining and gets in people's way ...
This is a list of mythologies native to Asia: Buddhist mythology; Chinese mythology; Christian mythology ... Japanese mythology. Oomoto; Shinto; Kanglei mythology;
Gin (pronounced with a hard G) is also the name of the following Japanese fictional characters: Gin Ichimaru, a character in Bleach; Gin (Case Closed), a member of the Black Organization in Case Closed; Ghin , a character in One Piece; Gin, a character in Hotarubi no Mori e; A fictional Akita Inu bear-hunting dog in Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin and ...