Kichijoten is a Japanese goddess of beauty and happiness, and she is sometimes included as one of the Seven Lucky Gods who grant fortune to followers in Japan. She is a Buddhist version of the Indian goddess Lakshmi.
The goddess Kichijōten (吉祥天), also known as Kisshoutennyo, is sometimes considered to be one of the seven gods, replacing either Jurōjin or Fukurokuju. She embodies happiness, fertility and beauty.
1. Amaterasu. Amaterasu Omikami is the Shinto sun goddess from which the Japanese imperial family claimed descent.
Benten, also called Benzaiten, (Japanese: Divinity of the Reasoning Faculty), in Japanese mythology, one of the Shichi-fuku-jin (Seven Gods of Luck); the Buddhist patron goddess of literature and music, of wealth, and of femininity.
Her name was Himiko [卑弥呼]. She occupied herself with magic and sorcery, bewitching the people. Though mature in age, she remained unmarried. She had a younger brother who assisted her in ruling the country.
Amaterasu is worshipped as the queen of the kami and is also revered as the mother of the Imperial Family and a Goddess of State. Amaterasu granted the Imperial Family the divine right to rule Japan and was also known as the Goddess of Divine Justice.
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto.
Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神) or Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. One of the major deities (kami) of Shinto, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki ( c.
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Amaterasu, in full Amaterasu Ōmikami, (Japanese: “Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven”), the celestial sun goddess from whom the Japanese imperial family claims descent, and an important Shintō deity.
Ame-no-Uzume.
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans.
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love: Goddess of Love and Beauty (Getty Villa Exhibitions)
Paris, son of Priam (king of Troy), was selected as judge. Each goddess offered him a bribe to influence his choice: Hera (Juno) offered wealth and power, Athena (Minerva) offered wisdom, and Aphrodite (Venus) offered the most beautiful woman. Paris chose Venus, angering the other two goddesses.
吉祥天 (Kisshoten, also known as Kichijoten, Kisshotennyo and Kudokuten) is revered as a goddess of beauty, fertility, and prosperity in both Japanese Buddhism and Japanese Shinto myth.
Izanami (イザナミ), formally known as Izanami-no-Mikoto (伊弉冉尊/伊邪那美命, meaning "She-who-invites" or the "Female-who-invites"), is the creator deity of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess.
Kagutsuchi (カグツチ; Old Japanese: Kagututi), also known as Hi-no-Kagutsuchi or Homusubi among other names, is the kami of fire in classical Japanese mythology.
Hime (姫) is the Japanese word for princess or a lady of higher birth. Daughters of a monarch are actually referred to by other terms, e.g. Ōjo (王女), literally king's daughter, even though Hime can be used to address Ōjo.
Sukunabikona or Sukuna bikona (少彦名神, also known as Sukuna-biko, Sukuna-biko-na, Sukuna hikona) is the Shinto kami of the onsen (hot springs), agriculture, healing, magic, brewing sake and knowledge.
There are eight million kami—a number that, in traditional Japanese culture, can be considered synonymous with infinity. Throughout the islands of Japan, you'll encounter these deities at shrines, monuments and in popular culture time and again.
HEKATE (Hecate) was the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy.