Post by Raven on Aug 4, 2007 15:43:29 GMT -5
There really is a God or Goddess for almost anything. Here you go.
Aizen-Myoo...........................God of love, worshipped by prostitutes, landlords, singers and musicians.
Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone...........God of thunder.
Ama-No-Minaka-Nushi...........'Divine Lord of the Middle Heavens' and god of the Pole Star.
Amaterasu Shinto..................goddess of the sun and the leader of the Shinto pantheon.
Amatsu Mikaboshi..................God of evil, his name means "August Star of Heaven".
Amatsu-Kami..........................Gods of heaven who live 'above' the earthly plain. Heavenly and eternal.
Ama-Tsu-Mara Shinto.............god of smiths. He is pictured as a Cyclops.
Ame-No-Mi-Kumari..................Shinto water goddess.
Ame-No-Wakahiko..................God sent to rule the earth. Killed by the sky god Takami-Musubi.
Amida.....................................God of death, to whom the devout turned at the moment of their death.
Am-No-Tanabata-Hime...........Goddess of weavers.
Baku.......................................A good spirit, known as the 'eater of dreams'.
Benten...................................Goddess of love, the arts, wisdom, poetry, good fortune and water.
Benzai-Ten............................See Benten.
Bimbogami.............................God of poverty. Rituals are performed to get rid of him.
Binzuru-Sonja........................God of curing illness and good vision.
Bishamon...............................God of war, justice and protector of the law. He is one of the Shichi Fukujin
Bosatsu.................................Manifestation of the Buddha in the past, present or future. See bodhisattva.
Butsu....................................See Buddha.
Chien-shin............................A kami which is related to particular geographical area
Chimata-no-kami.................God of crossroads, highways and footpaths. He was originally a phallic god
Chup-Kamui.........................Sun goddess of the Ainu. She was originally the moon goddess
Daibosatsu..........................The Great bodhisattva or the Buddha in his last incarnation.
Daikoku................................God of wealth, the soil and patron of farmers.
Dainichi.................................Buddhist personification of purity and wisdom.
Dosojin.................................God of roads.
Dozoku-shin..........................Ancestral kami of a dozoku, or clan.
Ebisu.....................................God of the wealth of the sea, he is the patron god of fishermen and fishing.
Ekibiogami.............................God of plagues and epidemics.
Emma-o.................................Japanese Buddhist god of the underworld. He is the judge of the dead
Fudo......................................God of fire and wisdom, god of Astrology.
Fujin......................................Shinto god of the wind. Seen as a terrifying dark demon in a leopard skin
Fukurokuju............................Shinto god of wisdom, luck and prosperity.
Funadama.............................The boat-spirit, goddess who protects and helps mariners and fishermen.
Futsu-Nushi-no-Kami.............God of fire and lightning, a war god and general of Ameratsu.
Gama.....................................God of longevity.
Gekka-o.................................God of marriage. He binds the feet of lovers with a red silken cord.
Hachiman...............................God of war and agriculture, divine protector of the Japanese people.
Haniyasu-hiko........................God of the earth.
Haniyasu-hime.......................Goddess of the earth.
Haya-Ji...................................God of the whirlwind.
Hiruko....................................God of the morning sun. Guards the health of little children.
Hoso-no-Kami........................God of smallpox.
Hotei......................................God of happiness, laughter and the wisdom of being content.
Ida-Ten..................................Buddhist god of the law and of monasteries. A handsome young man.
Ika-Zuchi-no-Kami..................Group of even Shinto demons who reside in the Underworld.
Iki-Ryo....................................The spirit of anger and envy which harms.
Inari........................................Both a male and female deity, god/goddess of rice and agriculture.
Isora.......................................God of the seashore.
Izanagi....................................Primordial god of the sky and the creator of everything good and right.
Izanami...................................Primordial goddess of the earth and darkness.
Jinushigami..............................Minor deity who watches over a town or plot of land.
Jizo..........................................Japanese Buddha of great compassion.
Juichimen.................................Buddhist god of mercy.
Jurojin.....................................Shinto god of longevity and a happy old age. One of the Shichi Fukujin
Kagutsuchi..............................Japanese god of fire.
Kamado-gami.........................Gods of the hearth.
Kami-kaze..............................God of wind, storms and viscous cold weather.
Kaminari.................................Goddess of thunder, the Thunder Queen and the Heavenly Noise.
Kanayama-hiko......................God of metals.
Kanayama-hime.....................Goddess of metals.
Kawa-no-Kami.......................God of rivers. Although rivers had their own god, ruler of all rivers.
Kenro-Ji-Jin............................God of earth.
Kishi-Bojin..............................Goddess of children and childbirth
Kishijoten...............................Goddess of luck and beauty
Kishimo-jin..............................Buddhist goddess of compassion and protectress of children.
Kojin.......................................Ancient tree deity and goddess of the kitchen. She lives in an enoki tree.
Ko-no-Hana...........................The Blossom Princess, she is the goddess of spring
Koshin....................................God of the roads.
Koya-no-Myoin.......................God of the sacred Mount Koya
Kukunochi-no-Kami................Shinto god of the trees.
Kuni-Toko-tachi......................Earth deity who lives in Mt. Fuji.
Kura-Okami............................God of rain and snow.
Marisha-Ten...........................Queen of heaven, goddess of the light, sun and moon.
Mawaya-no-kami....................Kami, or deity of the toilet
Miro........................................Japanese name for Maitreya.
Miyazu-Hime..........................Goddess of royalty.
Monju-Bosatsu.......................Japanese Buddhist bosatsu of wisdom and knowledge.
Musubi-no-Kami......................God of love and marriage. Appears as a handsome young lover.
Nai-no-Kami...........................God of earthquakes.
Naka-Yama-Tsu-Mi.................God of mountain slopes.
Nikko-Bosatsu........................Buddhist god of sunshine and good health.
Ninigi-no-mikoto.....................Rice god and ancestral god of the Japanese imperial family.
Nominosukune.......................God of wrestling.
Nyorai....................................Japanese name for all of the Buddha's appearances.
Oanomochi...........................God of the crater of Mt. Fuji.
Ohonamochi.........................A god of the earth.
Oho-Yama............................The great mountain god.
Okuni-Nushi..........................God of magic and medicine, ruler of the unseen things and the spirit world.
Owatatsumi..........................God of the sea.
Oyamatsumi..........................A god of the mountains
Raiden..................................God of thunder and lightning
Ryo-Wo.................................God of the sea. known as the Dragon King
Sae-no-Kami.........................A group of kami, or deities, who guard the roads of Japan.
Sambo-kojin.........................God of the kitchen. Pictured with three faces and two pairs of hands.
Sarutahiko Ohkami...............God of crossroads, paths and overcoming obstacles.
Sengen.................................See Ko-no-Hana.
Shaka..................................The silent sage, the wisest and first appearance of Buddha on earth.
Shichi Fujukin.......................Gods of Luck: Benten, Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Hotei
Shinda..................................Ainu fertility god of the island of Hokkaido.
Shine-Tsu-Hiko.....................God of the wind, he fills the space between heaven and earth.
Shoden................................See Ganesha.
Shoki...................................God of the afterlife and exorcism.
Suijin...................................Deity of the water.
Suitengu.............................Child god of the sea.
Sukuna-Biko........................Dwarf god of healing, agriculture and hot springs.
Susanowa .........................God of the winds, storms, ocean and snakes in Shinto mythology.
Takami-Musubi...................Primordial sky god and creator of living things in Shinto belief.
Takemikadzuchi..................A thunder god.
Taki-Tsu-Hiko......................God of rain.
Tatsuta-hime......................Goddess of autumn.
Tenjin..................................God of learning, language and calligraphy. He taught humans to write.
Toyo-Uke-Bime....................Goddess of earth, food and agriculture.
Toyouke-Omikami...............Goddess of grain.
Tsuki-Yumi..........................God of the moon and brother of the sun goddess Ameratsu.
Uba....................................Spirit of the pine tree. Means 'old woman' or 'wet nurse'.
Uga-Jin...............................Serpent god of the waters and fertility of the earth.
Uga-no-Mitama...................Goddess of agriculture.
Ukemochi............................Goddess of fertility and food.
Uzume................................Shinto goddess of joy and happiness.
Wakahiru-me......................Goddess of the rising sun.
Wata-tsu-mi........................God of the sea.
Yabune................................Japanese house god.
Yama-no-kami.....................Goddess of the hunt, forest, agriculture and vegetation.
Yamato...............................The soul or spirit of Japan.
Yuki-Onna..........................The Snow Queen or goddess of winter.
Aizen-Myoo...........................God of love, worshipped by prostitutes, landlords, singers and musicians.
Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone...........God of thunder.
Ama-No-Minaka-Nushi...........'Divine Lord of the Middle Heavens' and god of the Pole Star.
Amaterasu Shinto..................goddess of the sun and the leader of the Shinto pantheon.
Amatsu Mikaboshi..................God of evil, his name means "August Star of Heaven".
Amatsu-Kami..........................Gods of heaven who live 'above' the earthly plain. Heavenly and eternal.
Ama-Tsu-Mara Shinto.............god of smiths. He is pictured as a Cyclops.
Ame-No-Mi-Kumari..................Shinto water goddess.
Ame-No-Wakahiko..................God sent to rule the earth. Killed by the sky god Takami-Musubi.
Amida.....................................God of death, to whom the devout turned at the moment of their death.
Am-No-Tanabata-Hime...........Goddess of weavers.
Baku.......................................A good spirit, known as the 'eater of dreams'.
Benten...................................Goddess of love, the arts, wisdom, poetry, good fortune and water.
Benzai-Ten............................See Benten.
Bimbogami.............................God of poverty. Rituals are performed to get rid of him.
Binzuru-Sonja........................God of curing illness and good vision.
Bishamon...............................God of war, justice and protector of the law. He is one of the Shichi Fukujin
Bosatsu.................................Manifestation of the Buddha in the past, present or future. See bodhisattva.
Butsu....................................See Buddha.
Chien-shin............................A kami which is related to particular geographical area
Chimata-no-kami.................God of crossroads, highways and footpaths. He was originally a phallic god
Chup-Kamui.........................Sun goddess of the Ainu. She was originally the moon goddess
Daibosatsu..........................The Great bodhisattva or the Buddha in his last incarnation.
Daikoku................................God of wealth, the soil and patron of farmers.
Dainichi.................................Buddhist personification of purity and wisdom.
Dosojin.................................God of roads.
Dozoku-shin..........................Ancestral kami of a dozoku, or clan.
Ebisu.....................................God of the wealth of the sea, he is the patron god of fishermen and fishing.
Ekibiogami.............................God of plagues and epidemics.
Emma-o.................................Japanese Buddhist god of the underworld. He is the judge of the dead
Fudo......................................God of fire and wisdom, god of Astrology.
Fujin......................................Shinto god of the wind. Seen as a terrifying dark demon in a leopard skin
Fukurokuju............................Shinto god of wisdom, luck and prosperity.
Funadama.............................The boat-spirit, goddess who protects and helps mariners and fishermen.
Futsu-Nushi-no-Kami.............God of fire and lightning, a war god and general of Ameratsu.
Gama.....................................God of longevity.
Gekka-o.................................God of marriage. He binds the feet of lovers with a red silken cord.
Hachiman...............................God of war and agriculture, divine protector of the Japanese people.
Haniyasu-hiko........................God of the earth.
Haniyasu-hime.......................Goddess of the earth.
Haya-Ji...................................God of the whirlwind.
Hiruko....................................God of the morning sun. Guards the health of little children.
Hoso-no-Kami........................God of smallpox.
Hotei......................................God of happiness, laughter and the wisdom of being content.
Ida-Ten..................................Buddhist god of the law and of monasteries. A handsome young man.
Ika-Zuchi-no-Kami..................Group of even Shinto demons who reside in the Underworld.
Iki-Ryo....................................The spirit of anger and envy which harms.
Inari........................................Both a male and female deity, god/goddess of rice and agriculture.
Isora.......................................God of the seashore.
Izanagi....................................Primordial god of the sky and the creator of everything good and right.
Izanami...................................Primordial goddess of the earth and darkness.
Jinushigami..............................Minor deity who watches over a town or plot of land.
Jizo..........................................Japanese Buddha of great compassion.
Juichimen.................................Buddhist god of mercy.
Jurojin.....................................Shinto god of longevity and a happy old age. One of the Shichi Fukujin
Kagutsuchi..............................Japanese god of fire.
Kamado-gami.........................Gods of the hearth.
Kami-kaze..............................God of wind, storms and viscous cold weather.
Kaminari.................................Goddess of thunder, the Thunder Queen and the Heavenly Noise.
Kanayama-hiko......................God of metals.
Kanayama-hime.....................Goddess of metals.
Kawa-no-Kami.......................God of rivers. Although rivers had their own god, ruler of all rivers.
Kenro-Ji-Jin............................God of earth.
Kishi-Bojin..............................Goddess of children and childbirth
Kishijoten...............................Goddess of luck and beauty
Kishimo-jin..............................Buddhist goddess of compassion and protectress of children.
Kojin.......................................Ancient tree deity and goddess of the kitchen. She lives in an enoki tree.
Ko-no-Hana...........................The Blossom Princess, she is the goddess of spring
Koshin....................................God of the roads.
Koya-no-Myoin.......................God of the sacred Mount Koya
Kukunochi-no-Kami................Shinto god of the trees.
Kuni-Toko-tachi......................Earth deity who lives in Mt. Fuji.
Kura-Okami............................God of rain and snow.
Marisha-Ten...........................Queen of heaven, goddess of the light, sun and moon.
Mawaya-no-kami....................Kami, or deity of the toilet
Miro........................................Japanese name for Maitreya.
Miyazu-Hime..........................Goddess of royalty.
Monju-Bosatsu.......................Japanese Buddhist bosatsu of wisdom and knowledge.
Musubi-no-Kami......................God of love and marriage. Appears as a handsome young lover.
Nai-no-Kami...........................God of earthquakes.
Naka-Yama-Tsu-Mi.................God of mountain slopes.
Nikko-Bosatsu........................Buddhist god of sunshine and good health.
Ninigi-no-mikoto.....................Rice god and ancestral god of the Japanese imperial family.
Nominosukune.......................God of wrestling.
Nyorai....................................Japanese name for all of the Buddha's appearances.
Oanomochi...........................God of the crater of Mt. Fuji.
Ohonamochi.........................A god of the earth.
Oho-Yama............................The great mountain god.
Okuni-Nushi..........................God of magic and medicine, ruler of the unseen things and the spirit world.
Owatatsumi..........................God of the sea.
Oyamatsumi..........................A god of the mountains
Raiden..................................God of thunder and lightning
Ryo-Wo.................................God of the sea. known as the Dragon King
Sae-no-Kami.........................A group of kami, or deities, who guard the roads of Japan.
Sambo-kojin.........................God of the kitchen. Pictured with three faces and two pairs of hands.
Sarutahiko Ohkami...............God of crossroads, paths and overcoming obstacles.
Sengen.................................See Ko-no-Hana.
Shaka..................................The silent sage, the wisest and first appearance of Buddha on earth.
Shichi Fujukin.......................Gods of Luck: Benten, Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Hotei
Shinda..................................Ainu fertility god of the island of Hokkaido.
Shine-Tsu-Hiko.....................God of the wind, he fills the space between heaven and earth.
Shoden................................See Ganesha.
Shoki...................................God of the afterlife and exorcism.
Suijin...................................Deity of the water.
Suitengu.............................Child god of the sea.
Sukuna-Biko........................Dwarf god of healing, agriculture and hot springs.
Susanowa .........................God of the winds, storms, ocean and snakes in Shinto mythology.
Takami-Musubi...................Primordial sky god and creator of living things in Shinto belief.
Takemikadzuchi..................A thunder god.
Taki-Tsu-Hiko......................God of rain.
Tatsuta-hime......................Goddess of autumn.
Tenjin..................................God of learning, language and calligraphy. He taught humans to write.
Toyo-Uke-Bime....................Goddess of earth, food and agriculture.
Toyouke-Omikami...............Goddess of grain.
Tsuki-Yumi..........................God of the moon and brother of the sun goddess Ameratsu.
Uba....................................Spirit of the pine tree. Means 'old woman' or 'wet nurse'.
Uga-Jin...............................Serpent god of the waters and fertility of the earth.
Uga-no-Mitama...................Goddess of agriculture.
Ukemochi............................Goddess of fertility and food.
Uzume................................Shinto goddess of joy and happiness.
Wakahiru-me......................Goddess of the rising sun.
Wata-tsu-mi........................God of the sea.
Yabune................................Japanese house god.
Yama-no-kami.....................Goddess of the hunt, forest, agriculture and vegetation.
Yamato...............................The soul or spirit of Japan.
Yuki-Onna..........................The Snow Queen or goddess of winter.