Hone-Onna Bone Woman; Skeleton Woman CLASSIFICATION: Yokai; Obake; Vampire ORIGIN: Japan Men see a beautiful, alluringly dressed woman provocatively walking the streets and assume that she is a streetwalker. In fact, she
Amatsu-Mikaboshi – August Star of Heaven Amatsu-Mikaboshi is often described as the Japanese “god of evil,” implying that he is a Satanic figure, but that is imprecise. Shinto has no “Satan,” and Amatsu-Mikaboshi is neither a “god” nor “evil”; instead,
Abe no Seimei (Kamo Yasunari, Kamo Hogon, Abe no Yasunari) is in Japanese folklore, a hero-magician, son of the poet Abe no Yasuna and Kuzunoha, a white fox. Abe no Seimei was
Raiden (Raijin, Kaminarisan) In Japanese mythology, thunder god, portrayed with the features of a Demon: horns on his head, a tusk, and a wide mouth. Sometimes he carries a circle of 12
Kiyohime In Japanese legend, a woman who destroyed the monk Anchin when he refused her sexual advances. Kiyohime was the daughter of an innkeeper at Masago at whose house Anchin, of the
Kishimojin In Japanese mythology, goddess of women in childbirth, prayed to for offspring; protector of the Buddhist world and of children in particular. Originally, Kishimojin was a cannibal woman in Hindu mythology,
Ebisu, kami of happiness, luck, and abundant harvests from land and sea, is one of the Shichi Fukujin, Seven Spirits of Good Fortune. Ebisu is guardian of the morning sun. He is
Ryujin Luminous Being ALSO KNOWN AS: Riujin; Rinjin ORIGIN: Japan Ryujin, Japanese Dragon King of the Sea, rules an underwater realm from his luxurious palace at the bottom of the sea. He
Amatsumara ORIGIN: Japan CLASSIFICATION: Kami Uzume didn’t lure Amaterasu out of her cave alone; she had help. The mirror used to entrance Amaterasu didn’t appear out of thin air, nor was it
Raijin ALSO KNOWN AS: Raiden ORIGIN: Japan Raijin is a Shinto spirit of thunder, lightning, and their accompanying noise and electricity. Thunder is the sound of Raijin beating his drums. Buddhist cosmology
AMATERASU : THE ONE WHO MAKES THE HEAVENS SHINE; HEAVEN-ILLUMINATING GREAT DEITY Amaterasu is the beautiful, radiant kami of the sun, but she is more than just the shining sun: she is
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