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The Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Black Tortoise of the North. Goryō The vengeful spirits of dead nobles and martyrs. Gozu and Mezu Two notable guards of the Underworld, one with an ox's head and the other with a horse's face. Guhin Another name for tengu. Gyūki Another name for ushi-oni.
Hachiman ( 八幡神) is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people. Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove. Inari Ōkami ( 稲荷大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility.
The name Kuraokami combines kura 闇 "dark; darkness; closed" and okami 龗 "dragon tutelary of water". This uncommon kanji (o)kami or rei 龗, borrowed from the Chinese character ling 龗 "rain-dragon; mysterious" (written with the "rain" radical 雨, 3 口 "mouths", and a phonetic of long 龍 "dragon") is a variant Chinese character for Japanese rei < Chinese ling 靈 "rain-prayer ...
Amaterasu. Goddess of the sun and the universe; the mythical ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan. Amaterasu emerging from the cave, Ama-no-Iwato, to which she once retreated (detail of woodblock print by Kunisada) Other names. Amaterasu-Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神) Amaterasu Ōkami (天照大神)
Hungarian dragons Fernyiges: A black dragon that is the lord of dragons. Sárkány: A dragon in human form. Most are giants with more than one head, in which their strength resides. They become weaker as they lose them. In the contemporary Hungarian language, sárkány is used to mean any kind of dragon. Zomok: A giant winged snake.
Raijin ( 雷神, lit. "Thunder God"), also known as Kaminari-sama (雷様), Raiden-sama (雷電様), Narukami (鳴る神), Raikou (雷公), and Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. [ 1] He is typically depicted with fierce and aggressive facial expressions, standing ...
Mythology. Yamata no Orochi legends are originally recorded in two ancient texts about Japanese mythology and history. The 712 AD Kojiki transcribes this dragon name as 八岐遠呂智 and the 720 AD Nihon Shoki writes it as 八岐大蛇. In both versions of the Orochi myth, the Shinto storm god Susanoo (or "Susa-no-O") is expelled from Heaven ...
Yūrei ( 幽霊) are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts. The name consists of two kanji, 幽 ( yū ), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 ( rei ), meaning "soul" or "spirit". Alternative names include Bōrei (亡霊), meaning ruined or departed spirit, Shiryō (死霊), meaning dead spirit, or the more ...