Japanese Gods & Goddesses

Japanese Gods and goddess

The Japanese are polytheists; they believe in more that one god. They belived Lord Izangi and his wife/sister Izanami gave birth to Japan.

Gods and goddess

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.