Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Hariti" | Buddhist | Goddess for the protection of children, easy delivery, happy child rearing and parenting, harmony between husband and wife, love, and the well-being and safety of the family. Women without children also pray to Kishimojin to help them become pregnant. Originally, Hariti was a cannibalistic demon. She had hundreds of children whom she loved and doted upon, but to feed them, she abducted and killed the children of others. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Kishi Mojin/ Kishimo Jin" | Japan / Buddhism | The goddess of motherhood |
Goddess name "Kishimo Jin" | Japan | The reformed mother goddess of the demons who now works as a child minder. Japan |
Goddess name "Kishimo-jin" | Japan? | A goddess that changed her mind, maybe |