Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Chup Kamui" | Ainu | Goddess of war and the Sun Japan / Ainu |
Goddess name "Kamui-fuchi" | Ainu | Lady Hearth. A Hearth Goddess who is also known as the Supreme Ancestress and the spirit of female reproductivity and the home. Ainu, Japan |
God name "Kamui/ Tuntu" | Ainu / Japan | the sky god |
God name "Karai-Shin" | Buddhist | God of lightning Buddhist / Japan |
Goddess name "Kishi Mojin" | Buddhist | Goddess of motherhood Buddhist / Japan |
"Kujaku Myoo" | Buddhist | Gives protection against drought and protects against all evil in the Shingo sect of Japan. Buddhist |
"Nio" | Buddhist | Wrath-filled and muscular guardian of the Buddha, standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in Japan and Korea under the appearance of frightening wrestler-like statues. |
God name "O-Iwa-Dai-Myojin" | Buddhist | God of stone workers Buddhist / Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "AVALOKITESVARA (merciful lord)" | Buddhist / India | Bodhisattva or buddhadesignate. One of the most important deities of the Mahayana sect of Buddhism. In Lamaism he is the tutelary god of Tibet. He equates with VIS NU in Hinduism and bears links with PADMAPANI. In cosmic mythology he is a creator deity. Color: white or red. Attributes: blue lotus, image of Amitabha (topmost pyramidal head), lotus, rosary, sword and water jar. NOTE: in Chinese Buddhism he is represented by the goddess Kuan-Tin, and in Japanese by KWANNON.... |
Deities name "Karai-Shin" | Buddhist / Japan | God of lightning. One of the deities grouped in Shintoism as the RAIJIN gods of thunder, storm and Rain.... |
"Kwannoin" | Buddhist / Japan | Form of AVALOKITESVARA. See also KUAN YIN.... |
Deity name "Amida" | Buddhist / Japanese | Primordial deity. The Japanese equivalent of AMITABHA recognized from the eleventh and twelfth centuries AD.... |
Goddess name "Ksitigarbha (womb of the earth)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. Known exten sively from northern India to China and Japan. One of the group of female BODHISATTVAS or buddha designates. Color: yellow or green. Attrib utes: Book, bowl, jewel, staff and water jar. In China she is recognized as an underworld deity, Di zang. In Japan she becomes a guardian deity of påśśage, Jizo.... |
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.... |
"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 "MyokennBooklhisattva" | Buddhist Chinese | Astral god. The apotheosis of the Pole Star, equating with AME-NO-KAGASEWO in Japanese Shintoism.... |
Deity name "Amida" | Buddhist / Japan | A primordial deity |
"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 |