Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone" | Japan | God of thunder Japan |
God name "Ajisukitakahikone" | Islands | A god of thunder. He is the brother of Takemikazuchi and of Kaminari (Raijin). In infancy, his crying and screaming were so loud that he had to be placed in a boat and sailed around the islands of Japan until he was calm. In adulthood, he was the father of Takitsuhiko, a Rain god. |
"Akasagarbha" | Buddhist / India | Bodhisattva one of the eight great bodhisattvas. His name can be translated as "boundless space treasury" or "void store" as his wisdom is said to be boundless as space itself. He is sometimes known as the twin brother of the "earth store" bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. In Japan he is known as Kokuzo. Buddhist / India |
Spirit name "Akasagarbha (essence of tbe sky)" | Buddhist / Mahayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Astral god. One of the BODHISATTVAS or spiritual meditation buddhas. He lives in the womb of the sky. Color: green. Attributes: Book, jewel, lotus and Sun disc. Also Khagarbha. In Japanese Buddhism this deity becomes the god Kokuzo.... |
Deities name "Alatangana" | Kono / eastern Guinea, West Africa | Creator god. One of two creator deities; the other is SA. ALATANGANA created land from swamp and placed vegetation on earth. VAJRAPANI and a large number of minor names.See also AMITABHA, AMOGHASIDDHI, RATNASAMBHAVA and VAIROCANA.... |
Goddess name "Ama No Uzume" | Japan | The goddess of dawn and revelry in the Shinto. She famously relates to the tale of the missing Sun deity, Amaterasu. Japan |
Goddess name "Ama Terasu" | Japan | The Sun goddess queen of the universe |
God name "Ama-Tsu-Mara" | Japan / Shinto | The god of smiths |
Goddess name "Ama-Tsu-Mara" | Shinto / Japan | God of smiths. Depicted as a one-eyed ithyphallic god comparable to the Greek Cyclopes. He is strongly instrumental in fashioning the perfect Divine mirror with which the Sun goddess, AMATERASU, is lured from her cave. Also Ma-Hiko-Tsu-No-Kami.... |
Deities name "Ama-no-Koyane-no-mikoto" | Japan / Shinto | Is a kami, a male deity of the Japanese religion of Shinto. He is one of the deities of Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan and is considered to be an ancestor of the Fujiwara family. Japan / Shinto |
God name "Amano-Iwato" | Japanese | Means "The cave of the Sun god" of "heavenly rock cave". In Japanese mythology, Susanoo, the Japanese god of the seas, was the one who drove Amaterasu into Ame-no-Iwato. This caused the Sun to hide for a long period of time. |
Goddess name "Amaterasu" | Japan | The Sun goddess, grandmother of Jimmu Tenno, the first ruler of Japan. |
Goddess name "Amaterasu" | Japan / Shinto | Sun Goddess, to unite the gods, she is given the highest respect The Great Ise Shrine in the east coast of Japan is dedicated to her. called Amaterasusume Omikami. Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "Amaterasu O-Mi-Kami/ Amaterasu Omikami" | Japan / Shinto | The Sun goddess |
God name "Amatsu Mikaboshi" | Japan | A god of evil |
God name "Amatsu-Mikaboshi" | Japan / Shinto | August Star of heaven; also called Ama-no-kagaseo "Brilliant Male" is the god of evil and of the stars, specifically the pole star. Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "Ame No Uzume" | Japanese | A goddess of fertility & happiness |
Deity name "Ame no Uzume no Mikoto" | Japan / Shinto | Ame no Uzume no Mikoto, heavenly deity of Divine movement, meditation, marriage and joy. Japan / Shinto |