| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deity name "Amida" | Buddhist / Japan | A primordial deity |
| Deity name "Amida" | Buddhist / Japanese | Primordial deity. The Japanese equivalent of AMITABHA recognized from the eleventh and twelfth centuries AD.... |
"Amida-Nyorai" | Buddhist / Japan | Presides over the Pure Land of the Western Paradise, the Japanese people turned to him at their moment of death. Buddhist / Japan |
"Asuha-No-Kami" | Japan / Shinto | An offspring of Okuninushi and a protector of land and gardens. Japan / Shinto |
| God name "Asuha-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of courtyards. A guardian deity, one of many in Shintoism, concerned with the protection of houses and their environs.... |
| Deity name "Azumi-no-isora" | Japan / Shinto | Is a shinto deity of the seaspéñïś. He is considered to be an ancestor of the Azumi family. He is worshiped at Mekari Shrine of Kitakyushu, Shiga Shrine of Tsushima. Japan / Shinto |
| Deity name "Basosenin" | Japan | A stellar deity, one of the Nijuhachibushu. Japan |
| Goddess name "Benten aka Benzi-Ten" | Japan / Shinto | Goddess of everything that flows: words, knowledge, speech, eloquence, and music. Japan / Shinto |
| Goddess name "Benten-San" | Japan / Shinto | The only goddess among of the seven deities of good fortune |
| Goddess name "Benten-San" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of luck. One of seven deities clåśśed as gods of fortune and the only goddess in the group. A popular deity with many sanctuaries dedicated to her, she is a patron of music and holds a biwa instrument in her hand. Snakes, believed to stand for jealousy, are often coiled around her statues. Because of this, married couples are reluctant to visit her shrines together. Her priesthood is both Shinto and Buddhist and she is closely linked with the goddess SARASVATI.... |
| Goddess name "Benzi-Ten/ Benten/ Benzai-Tenno" | Japan | The goddess of eloquence, language, arts, fortune, water, & knowledge |
| King name "Binzuru-Sonja" | Japan | One of the pupils of Buddha, the first of the sixteen Rakan. Rakan with grey hair and long eyebrows. Originally he was a retainer of the king, Uuten. He became a priest and attained miracle power by performing Arakan's vow. It is said that he was praised by Shaka for he used the miracle power for the world and that he didn't enter Nirvana and made efforts cultivating ordinary people. He was worshipped on the above in Theravada Buddhism, however, many are worshipped in restaurants in China. He is enshrined in front of a temple in Japan. It is believed that stroking him eliminates distresses. Japan |
| God name "Bishamon" | Japan | One of the seven gods of luck and the Buddhist patron of warriors. Japan |
| Deities name "Bishamon" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. One of seven deities concerned with fortune, he appears as a warrior clad in full armor holding a spear in one hand and a toy pagoda, identified as a tower of treasure in the other. He has been linked with the Buddhist god Vaisravana (KUBERA).... |
| Demon name "Bishamon-Ten/ Bishamontenno/ Tiamontennu" | Japan | A god of wealth & protector of human life that chases demons |
"Bodhisattva (one whose essence is perfect knowledge)" | Buddhist / northern India, Tibet, China / Japan | Generic title for a buddha-designate. Any one of the earlier stages of a future buddha. Depicted wearing regal dress and trappings, including a crown. The most significant include AVALOKITESVARA, MAITREYA and MANJUSRI.... |
"Butsugen aka Butsubo" | Japan | A manifestation of the eyes of Nyorai. eyes originally has infinite virtue to produce wisdom. Japan |
| God name "Chimata No Kami" | Japan | God of crossroads, roads and footpaths. Japan |
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