FUDO MYO-O

One of the most popular deities in Japan, and the most commonly depicted of the heavenly kings, Fudπ, whose name means “Immovable,” represents resolute and…

FU-DAISHI

The protector of libraries and collections. Fu Xi (497–569) was a learned abbot and philosopher in Liang, a Chinese kingdom of the period of the…

EN-NO-GYOJA

Mythical founder of the Shugendπ order of syncretic practice in the seventh century and a powerful wizard. Also known as En-no-Ozunu and En-no-Ubasoku (an ubasoku…

DOZOKU-SHIN

The kami of an extended family cluster. Families in some areas of Japan, particularly the Northeast and mountain areas where land was scarce, would organize…

DOSOJIN

Deity of crossroads and of fecundity. Dosπjin is often represented by a wooden or stone phallus, and offerings of wooden phalloi are made at Dosπjin…