Kami
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Kami are the deities, divinities, spirits, and mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. Kami can be elements of the landscape, forc
Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto faith
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This shrine is believed to be where the kami dwell, and hosts many ceremonies and festivals.
Kuniteru Gozu dragon
Ōkuninushi
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Ōkuninushi, also known as Ōnamuchi or Ōnamochi among other variants, is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one of the central deities in the myth cycle recorded in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki alon
Ōkuninushi, here portrayed as a wise old nobleman, with The White Hare of Inaba that he saved
Ōkuninushi was popularly conflated with the deity Daikokuten (pictured).
Statue of The White Hare of Inaba and Ōnamuji (Ōkuninushi) at Hakuto Shrine in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture
Ōnamuji being aided by a mouse