| Aizen-Myoo |
God of love, worshipped by prostitutes, landlords, singers
and musicians. |
| Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone |
God of thunder. |
| Ama-No-Minaka-Nushi |
'Divine Lord of the Middle Heavens' and god of the Pole Star. |
| Amaterasu |
Shinto goddess of the sun and the leader of the Shinto pantheon. |
| Amatsu Mikaboshi |
God of evil, his name means "August Star of Heaven". |
| Amatsu-Kami |
Gods of heaven who live 'above' the earthly plain.
Heavenly and
eternal. |
| Ama-Tsu-Mara |
Shinto god of smiths. He is pictured as a Cyclops. |
| Ame-No-Mi-Kumari |
Shinto water goddess. |
| Ame-No-Wakahiko |
God sent to rule the earth. Killed by the sky god Takami-Musubi. |
| Amida |
God of death, to whom the devout turned at the moment of their
death. |
| Am-No-Tanabata-Hime |
Goddess of weavers. |
| Baku |
A good spirit, known as the 'eater of dreams'. |
| Benten |
Goddess of love, the arts, wisdom, poetry, good fortune and water. |
| Benzai-Ten |
See Benten. |
| Bimbogami |
God of poverty. Rituals are performed to get rid of him. |
| Binzuru-Sonja |
God of curing illness and good vision. |
| Bishamon |
God of war, justice and protector of the law. He is one of the Shichi
Fukujin |
| Bosatsu |
Manifestation of the Buddha in the past, present or future. See
bodhisattva. |
| Butsu |
See Buddha. |
| Chien-shin |
A kami which is related to particular geographical area |
| Chimata-no-kami |
Go of crossroads, highways and footpaths. He was originally a phallic
god |
| Chup-Kamui |
Sun goddess of the Ainu. She was originally the moon goddess |
| Daibosatsu |
The Great bodhisattva or the Buddha in his last incarnation. |
| Daikoku |
God of wealth, the soil and patron of farmers. |
| Dainichi |
Buddhist personification of purity and wisdom. |
| Dosojin |
God of roads. |
| Dozoku-shin |
Ancestral kami of a dozoku, or clan. |
| Ebisu |
God of the wealth of the sea, he is the patron god of fishermen and
fishing. |
| Ekibiogami |
God of plagues and epidemics. |
| Emma-o |
Japanese Buddhist god of the underworld. He is the judge of the dead |
| Fudo |
God of fire and wisdom, god
of Astrology. |
| Fujin |
Shinto god of the wind. Seen as a terrifying dark demon in a leopard
skin |
| Fukurokuju |
Shinto god of wisdom, luck and prosperity. |
| Funadama |
The boat-spirit, goddess who protects and helps mariners and
fishermen. |
| Futsu-Nushi-no-Kami |
God of fire and lightning, a war god and general of
Ameratsu. |
| Gama |
God of longevity. |
| Gekka-o |
God of marriage. He binds the feet of lovers with a red silken cord. |
| Hachiman |
God of war and agriculture, divine protector of the Japanese
people. |
| Haniyasu-hiko |
God of the earth. |
| Haniyasu-hime |
Goddess of the earth. |
| Haya-Ji |
God of the whirlwind. |
| Hiruko |
God of the morning sun. Guards the health of little children. |
| Hoso-no-Kami |
God of smallpox. |
| Hotei |
God of happiness, laughter and the wisdom of being content. |
| Ida-Ten |
Buddhist god of the law and of monasteries. A handsome young
man. |
| Ika-Zuchi-no-Kami |
Group of even Shinto demons who reside in the Underworld. |
| Iki-Ryo |
The spirit of anger and envy which harms. |
| Inari |
Both a male and female deity, god/goddess of rice and
agriculture. |
| Isora |
God of the seashore. |
| Izanagi |
Primordial god of the sky and the creator of everything good and
right. |
| Izanami |
Primordial goddess of the earth and darkness. |
| Jinushigami |
Minor deity who watches over a town or plot of land. |
| Jizo |
Japanese Buddha of great compassion. |
| Juichimen |
Buddhist god of mercy. |
| Jurojin |
Shinto god of longevity and a happy old age. One of the Shichi
Fukujin |
| Kagutsuchi |
Japanese god of fire. |
| Kamado-gami |
Gods of the hearth. |
| Kami-kaze |
God of wind, storms and viscous cold weather. |
| Kaminari |
Goddess of thunder, the Thunder Queen and the Heavenly Noise. |
| Kanayama-hiko |
God of metals. |
| Kanayama-hime |
Goddess of metals. |
| Kawa-no-Kami |
God of rivers. Although rivers had their own god, ruler of
all rivers. |
| Kenro-Ji-Jin |
God of earth. |
| Kishi-Bojin |
Goddess of children and childbirth |
| Kishijoten |
Goddess of luck and beauty |
| Kishimo-jin |
Buddhist goddess of compassion and protectress of children. |
| Kojin |
Ancient tree deity and goddess of the kitchen. She lives in an enoki
tree. |
| Ko-no-Hana |
The Blossom Princess, she is the goddess of spring |
| Koshin |
God of the roads. |
| Koya-no-Myoin |
God of the sacred Mount Koya |
| Kukunochi-no-Kami |
Shinto god of the trees. |
| Kuni-Toko-tachi |
Earth deity who lives in Mt. Fuji. |
| Kura-Okami |
God of rain and snow. |
| Marisha-Ten |
Queen of heaven, goddess of the light, sun and moon. |
| Mawaya-no-kami |
Kami, or deity of the toilet |
| Miro |
Japanese name for Maitreya. |
| Miyazu-Hime |
Goddess of royalty. |
| Monju-Bosatsu |
Japanese Buddhist bosatsu of wisdom and knowledge. |
| Musubi-no-Kami |
God of love and marriage. Appears as a handsome young
lover. |
| Nai-no-Kami |
God of earthquakes. |
| Naka-Yama-Tsu-Mi |
God of mountain slopes. |
| Nikko-Bosatsu |
Buddhist god of sunshine and good health. |
| Ninigi-no-mikoto |
Rice god and ancestral god of the Japanese imperial family. |
| Nominosukune |
God of wrestling. |
| Nyorai |
Japanese name for all of the Buddha's appearances. |
| Oanomochi |
God of the crater of Mt. Fuji. |
| Ohonamochi |
A god of the earth. |
| Oho-Yama |
The great mountain god. |
| Okuni-Nushi |
God of magic and medicine, ruler of the unseen things and the
spirit world. |
| Owatatsumi |
God of the sea. |
| Oyamatsumi |
A god of the mountains |
| Raiden |
God of thunder and lightning |
| Ryo-Wo |
God of the sea. known as the Dragon King |
| Sae-no-Kami |
A group of kami, or deities, who guard the roads of Japan. |
| Sambo-kojin |
God of the kitchen. Pictured with three faces and two pairs of
hands. |
| Sarutahiko
Ohkami |
God of crossroads, paths and overcoming obstacles. |
| Sengen |
See Ko-no-Hana. |
| Shaka |
The silent sage, the wisest and first appearance of Buddha on earth. |
| Shichi Fujukin |
Gods of Luck: Benten, Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu,
Fukurokuju, Hotei |
| Shinda |
Ainu fertility god of the island of Hokkaido. |
| Shine-Tsu-Hiko |
God of the wind, he fills the space between heaven and earth. |
| Shoden |
See Ganesha. |
| Shoki |
God of the afterlife and exorcism. |
| Suijin |
Deity of the water. |
| Suitengu |
Child god of the sea. |
| Sukuna-Biko |
Dwarf god of healing, agriculture and hot springs. |
| Susanowa |
God of the winds, storms, ocean and snakes in Shinto mythology. |
| Takami-Musubi |
Primordial sky god and creator of living things in Shinto belief. |
| Takemikadzuchi |
A thunder god. |
| Taki-Tsu-Hiko |
God of rain. |
| Tatsuta-hime |
Goddess of autumn. |
| Tenjin |
God of learning, language and calligraphy. He taught humans to write. |
| Toyo-Uke-Bime |
Goddess of earth, food and agriculture. |
| Toyouke-Omikami |
Goddess of grain. |
| Tsuki-Yumi |
God of the moon and brother of the sun goddess Ameratsu. |
| Uba |
Spirit of the pine tree. Means 'old woman' or 'wet nurse'. |
| Uga-Jin |
Serpent god of the waters and fertility of the earth. |
| Uga-no-Mitama |
Goddess of agriculture. |
| Ukemochi |
Goddess of fertility and food. |
| Uzume |
Shinto goddess of joy and happiness. |
| Wakahiru-me |
Goddess of the rising sun. |
| Wata-tsu-mi |
God of the sea. |
| Yabune |
Japanese house god. |
| Yama-no-kami |
Goddess of the hunt, forest, agriculture and vegetation. |
| Yamato |
The soul or spirit of Japan. |
| Yuki-Onna |
The Snow Queen or goddess of winter. |
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