2022年11月29日 · Raijin (雷神) is the Japanese god of thunder, lightning, and storms. Often appearing alongside his brother Fujin, the god of the wind, Raijin the trickster brings vital rains but leaves a wake of chaos and destruction.

2022年11月29日 · Fujin and Raijin appear together frequently, with Fujin using his bag of air to create wind. These are often seen as destructive actions, but at times can be good. When the Mongols attempted to invade Japan in 1274, a storm destroyed much of their fleet, a feat attributed to the twin gods as an act of defending Japan.

Demon names are often tied to specific characteristics: a host of demons possessing one individual call themselves “Legion” in the Bible, referring to the fact that they aren’t one spirit but many. Singular names reflect the otherworldliness of these entities; in Japanese myth, Raijin is the god of storms and chaos.

2022年11月29日 · Susanoo is the tumultuous Japanese god of seas and storms, thunder and lightning. Too wild to remain in orderly heaven, he is nonetheless a heroic mythological figure, slayer of a fearsome eight-headed dragon.

In Japanese myth, the gods and goddesses personify the Japanese experience; Amaterasu is the eastern sun, for example, as Raijin is the chaotic Japanese god of storms. Expect Japanese god names to sound highly descriptive, even if they are singular words—these words often seek to match the element the god symbolizes.

2022年11月29日 · Kagutsuchi (軻遇突智) is the Japanese god of fire whose birth killed his mother, creator goddess Izanami. The patron of blacksmiths and those who work with fire, he is also associated with volcanoes and earthquakes.

2022年11月29日 · Etymology. Izanagi's name can be translated as "He-who-Invites", and according to the Kojiki, is rendered in Kanji in two different ways: in the Nihon Shoki, his name is written as 伊弉諾尊 (Izanagi-no-Mikoto), while in the Kojiki, it is 伊邪那岐神 (Izanagi-no-kami or Izanagi-no-Ōkami depending on the reading).

2022年11月29日 · Mixcoatl was the Aztec god of the hunt who gave fire to humanity. A deity with many forms and origins, he was at once an iteration of Tezcatlipoca, a child of Ometeotl, and a divinely transformed hunter named Mimich.

2022年12月5日 · Inari (稲荷) is one of the most popular Japanese deities, a kami with influence over rice, tea, general prosperity, smithing, and foxes. Being imbued with many different roles, their shrines are the most numerous in Japan.

2022年11月29日 · Tsukuyomi (月読) is the Japanese god of the moon and estranged husband of the sun goddess Amaterasu. A proud but violent deity, his killing of Uke Mochi and consequent separation from his wife were the origins of day and night.