Japanese deity

Other forms: Japanese deities

Definitions of Japanese deity

1. noun

   a deity worshipped by the Japanese
   examples:

   Amaterasu Omikami

   central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan

   Hachiman

   a Shinto god of war

   Hotei

   one of the 7 gods of happiness

   Izanagi

   the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami

   Izanami

   sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan

   Kami

   one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)

   Kwannon

   Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin

   Ninigino-Mikoto

   grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan

   type of:

   deity, divinity, god, immortal

   any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force