Ebisu (mythology)
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Ebisu, also transliterated Webisu or called Hiruko or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami, is the Japanese god of fishermen and luck. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune, and the only one of the seven to origi
Statue of Ebisu at Ebisu-jinja in Kyoto
Statue of Ebisu in front of Ebisu Station, Tokyo
Statue of Ebisu, Tsu, Mie
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Izanami
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Izanami, formally referred to with the honorific Izanami-no-Mikoto, is the creator of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess. She and her brother-husband I
Ebisu (mythology)
…is a patron of tradesmen and fishermen. In Feudal times, Ebisu's origin came to be tied together with that of Hiruko, the first child of Izanagi and Izanami, born without bones (or, in some stories, without arms and legs) due to his mother's transgression during the marriage ritual. Hiruko struggled to…
Searching the Seas with the Tenkei (天瓊を以て滄海を探るの図, Tenkei o motte sōkai o saguru no zu). Painting by Kobayashi Eitaku, 1880-90 (MFA, Boston). Izanagi with the spear Amenonuhoko to the right, Izanami to the left.
Izanagi and Izanami in Yomi.
Kuniteru Gozu dragon