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Japanese deity

DEFINITIONS OF: Japanese deity

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n a deity worshipped by the Japanese

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Amaterasu Omikami
central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan
Hachiman
a Shinto god of war
Hotei
one of the 7 gods of happiness
Izanagi
the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami
Izanami
sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan
Kami
one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)
Kwannon
Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin
Ninigino-Mikoto
grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan
Type of:
deity, divinity, god, immortal
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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