Benzaiten: Japanese Goddess of Music, Fortune, and Flowing Water
Introduction: Why Benzaiten Matters Among the kami of Japan, few goddesses embody grace and flow like Benzaiten, also called Benten. With origins in Hindu mythology as Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom and rivers, Benzaiten was adopted into Japanese Shinto and...
Amaterasu: Japanese Sun Goddess and Shining Deity of Light
Amaterasu: Japanese Sun Goddess and Shining Deity of Light by Gods and Goddesses | Goddesses, Japanese Goddesses In the tapestry of Japanese mythology, few figures shine as brightly as Amaterasu Ōmikami, the great sun goddess. Revered as the ruler of the heavens and...
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