| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Angwusnasomtaka" | Hopi | A kachina, a spirit represented by a masked doll (also called a kachina). She is a wuya, one of the chief kachinas and is considered the mother of all the hú and all the kachinas. She led the initiation rites for new children, whipping them with yucca whips. Hopi |
| Goddess name "Ba" | China | The goddess of drought |
| Goddess name "Ba Han" | China | Goddess of drought. China |
"Ba She" | China | A snake reputed to swallow elephants. China |
"Ba Xian" | China / Taoist | The eight immortals. China / Taoist |
| Goddess name "Baiji" | China | A goddess of health & epidemics |
| King name "Bhrkuti-Tara" | Buddhist / Tibet | The Nepalese queen of Tibet's first great religious king, songtsen Gambo and credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and China. In the Lamaeist Tradition, Bhrkuti-Tara is incarnate in all good women. Buddhist / Tibet |
| 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 "Bo Hsian" | China / Taoist | God. China / Taoist |
"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.... |
| God name "Caishen" | China | God of wealth. China |
| God name "Ch'I-You" | China | God of weapons, dancers, smiths and war. China |
| Goddess name "Ch'ang O / Chang'e, Chang-Ngo, Heng-E / Heng-O" | China | the Chinese goddess of the moon. Unlike many lunar deities, Chang'o only lives on the moon. China |
| Goddess name "Ch'ang O/ Heng-O" | China | A goddess of the moon |
| God name "Ch'ang Tsai" | China | God of the spleen. China |
| God name "Ch'eng Huang" | China | God of the land, ditches, moats and the people. China |
"Ch'ih Sung" | China | Lord of the Rain. China |
"Ch'ih Sung tzu" | China | Lord of the Rain |
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