Juni-Sama
Juni-Sama Mrs. Twelve ORIGIN: Japan Juni-Sama is a mountain goddess who annually gives birth to twelve children. Those twelve children represent the twelve months in…
Category: Japanese Mythology
Yama Oba
Yama Oba – The Mountain Crone; Old Woman of the Mountains Yama Oba means “Old Mountain Woman.” Depending on the version of her myth, she…
Benten
Benten, beautiful dragon goddess of sex, fertility, music, dance, love, and wealth, has dominion over all Earth’s treasures, material and emotional. She brings happiness, wealth,…
Yokai
Yokai : Bewitching Apparitions Yokai are spirits of Japan, a vast category incorporating thousands of different spirits of all kinds, some anonymous but many with…
Yuki-Onna
Yuki-Onna : Lady of the Snows; Snow Woman; The Snow Princess Travellers caught in snowstorms in Japan, especially in the mountains, describe encountering a ghostly…
Sojobo
Sojobo is the King of the Tengu. His abode is Mount Kurama, birthplace of reiki healing, north of Kyoto. Sojobo is especially famous because of…
Ikazuchi
Ikazuchi In Japanese mythology, the eight gods of thunder. They are O-Ikazuchi, Ho-noIkazuchi, Kuro-Ikazuchi, Saku-Ikazuchi, Waki- Ikazuchi, Tschui-Ikazuchi, Naru-Ikazuchi, and Fushi-Ikazuchi. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World…
Idaten
Idaten In Japanese Buddhist mythology, god of peace and contemplation. Portrayed as a young man of martial bearing, he carries a halberd. The loose parts…
Ichimokuren
Ichimokuren (one-eye) In Japanese mythology, one-eyed god invoked to obtain rain during periods of drought. SEE ALSO: Japanese Mythology – Legend and Folklore SOURCE: Encyclopedia…
Dai Mokuren
Dai Mokuren In Japanese mythology, one of the disciples of the Buddha. Seeing the soul of his mother in the Hell of Hungry Spirits, Dai…