Directory 420 of 4,089 deities
Deities — East Asian traditions
The deities filed under East Asian traditions.
Deities in East Asian traditions
China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the diaspora, roughly 1200 BCE to the present.
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Amaterasu Sun goddess in Shinto -
Susanoo Shinto deity -
Izanagi Deity of Shinto religion -
Nüwa Legendary figure of Chinese prehistory, the sister and wife of Fuxi and variously described as a divine mother goddess, half-snake demigod, empress and inventor -
Jade Emperor The highest god of many Taoist sects, overseeing the universe through administration of a celestial bureaucracy mirroring ancient and medieval China's - Tsukuyomi Moon god in Shinto and Japanese mythology
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Chang'e Chinese mythical figure -
Buddhist traditions Inari Japanese kami of foxes, of fertility, rice, tea and Sake, of agriculture and industry etc -
Mazu Chinese sea goddess - Izanami Goddess of Shinto religion
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Ame no Uzume Goddess of Kagura -
Hachiman Japanese Shinto–Buddhist syncretic deity of archery and war; tutelary god of warriors; protector of Japan, the Japanese people and the Imperial House; the name means "God of 8 Banners", after the 8 heavenly banners signaling the birth of Ōjin Tennō -
Hou Yi Chinese mythological archer -
Yamata no Orochi Japanese dragon -
Pantheon Eight Immortals Group of legendary xian (immortals) in Chinese mythology -
Ebisu Japanese god of fishers and luck -
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Queen Mother of the West Mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology - Shangdi The High God, the supreme or single God of ancient Shenism, some salvationist religions like Yiguandao, and Protestant Christianity in Chinese translation
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Gonggong Legendary figure of Chinese prehistory, variously described as an early leader, a rebel, and a water deity -
Japanese dragon Serpentine creature in Japanese mythology -
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Nezha Protection deity in Chinese folk religion -
Ninigi Shinto god -
Buddhist traditions Cai Shen Chinese god of prosperity -
Hoori Mythical character -
Pantheon Three Pure Ones The three highest gods in the Taoist pantheon, regarded as pure manifestation of the Tao and the origin of all sentient beings -
Ōkuninushi Divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto -
Fūjin Japanese god of the wind -
kitchen god The most important of a plethora of Chinese domestic gods that protect the hearth and family -
Ukemochi Goddess of food in the Shinto faith -
Lü Dongbin Chinese Taoist scholar and poet during the Tang Dynasty -
Zhong Kui Deity in Chinese mythology -
South Asian traditions Daikokuten Japanese deity of wealth, commerce and trade; an adaptation of the Hindu/Buddhist deity Mahākāla -
Immortal Woman He One of the Eight Taoist Immortals - Tian The Chinese conception of Heaven as a cosmic force, a high god under the Zhou, and the realm of the Taoist celestial bureaucracy
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Toyotamahime Japanese goddess -
Ugayafukiaezu Mythical character -
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Xuan Wu Taoist water deity, tutelary deity of Ming Empire - Yanluo Wang Chinese deity of death
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Yatagarasu Three-legged crow, mythical animal -
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Xihe Sun goddess in ancient Chinese mythology, mother of the three-legged ravens -
Bixi One of the 9 sons of the Dragon -
Guan emperor Deification of Chinese warrior Guan Yu as the god of war and wealth -
Imperial Uncle Cao Song dynasty person (CBDB = 16846) -
Jurōjin Deity in Japanese mythology -
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Konohanasakuyahime Kami -
Lan Caihe Chinese mythological figure -
Old Man of the South Pole Taoist deification of Canopus, the brightest star of the constellation Carina; symbolizes happiness and longevity - Ōwatatsumi Japanese sea deity
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Ōyamatsumi Japanese god -
Takemikazuchi Japanese thunder god -
Ame-no-Minakanushi Japanese deity -
Elder Zhang Guo Chinese mythological figure -
Han Xiang One of the Eight Taoist Immortals - Hoderi Japanese mythological character
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Iron-Crutch Li Taoist mythological figure -
Kagutsuchi God of Fire -
Tenjin Japanese scholarship deity -
Zhongli Quan Chinese mythological figure, one of the Eight Immortals of the Taoist pantheon -
Pantheon Sanxing The gods of the three stars in Chinese religion -
Sarutahiko Ōkami Deity in Shinto; leader of the earthly kami -
Tudigong Tutelary deity of a locality and the human communities who inhabit it in Chinese folk religion -
City God Tutelary deities of cities, towns, and villages in Chinese folk religion -
Daode Tianzun Deification of Laozi in the Taoist pantheon -
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Houtu The deity of deep earth and soil in Chinese religion and mythology - Kotoamatsukami Creation Gods in Japanese Mythology
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Kuni-no-Tokotachi Shinto kami -
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Sansin Local mountain gods -
Toyōke Ōmikami The goddess of agriculture and industry in the Shinto religion in Japan. -
Xuan Nü Daoist deity -
Yuanshi Tianzun Taoist deity -
Ame no Oshihomimi Kami -
Baosheng Dadi Deified Song dynasty doctor in southeast China folk religion -
Dǒumǔ Taoist goddess, mother of the Beidou Stars (Big Dipper), mother of the God of Heaven -
Kamimusubi God that appears in Japanese mythology, one of the 3 Betsutenshin gods & the 3 creation gods -
Leigong Chinese god of thunder - Sukunabikona Kami of hot springs (onsen), healing, and knowledge
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Takamimusubi God of Creation -
Ukanomitama Japanese deity -
Wenchang Wang Taoist deity in Chinese Mythology, known as the God of Culture and Literature -
Zhinü Chinese goddess - Akkorokamui Gigantic octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore
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Daidarabotchi Japanese yōkai - Hei Di Chinese deity, member of the Wufang Shangdi
- Pantheon Kamiyonanayo The seven divine generations within Japanese mythology
- Kushinadahime Deity in Shinto mythology
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Suijin Shinto god of water in Japan -
Pantheon Three Great Officials Three of the highest deities of Taoism: the Heavenly Official, the Earthly Official, and the Water Official -
Yue-Laou Taoist god of marriage and love in Chinese folk religion -
Ajisukitakahikone Japanese deity -
Ame no Koyane Japanese deity -
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Dianmu Character in the novel Journey to the West -
King Father of the East Taoist god -
Kotoshironushi Shinto deity -
Lingbao Tianzun Taoist deity -
Magu Daoist immortal -
Tamayorihime Japanese kami -
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Toshigami Shinto kami -
Ame no Hohi Japanese kami - Dragon King of the East Sea Deity in Chinese folk religion
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Futsunushi Japanese kami of swords -
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Meng Po Goddess - Nuba Drought goddess from Chinese mythology
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Omoikane God of Wisdom and Foresight - shen Lesser god or deity in Chinese religions such as Taoism, figures in Chinese mythology
- Shinatsuhiko Japanese god
- Sumiyoshi sanjin Shinto gods of the sea and sailing
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Takeminakata Japanese god of wind water and agriculture -
Ame no Tajikarao God of Strength -
Chi Mythical creature, sometimes considered as one of the 9 sons of the dragon -
Chiwen The sculptures on both ends of the roof are in the shape of dragon heads and fish bodies. -
Dongyue Dadi Chinese deity associated with Mount Tai - Heibai Wuchang Chinese folk deities
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Hwanin Chief deity of Korean mythology -
Iwanagahime Japanese goddess of immortality -
Lishan Laomu The old mother of Mount Li - Ōmononushi Kami in Japanese Shinto tradition
- Amatsu-Mikaboshi Originally a malevolent Shinto god
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Ame no Wakahiko Japanese deity -
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Buddhist traditions Atago Gongen A Japanese kami believed to be the local avatar (Gongen) of Buddhist bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. The cult originated in Shugendō practices on Mount Atago in Kyoto -
Che Kung South Song general
East Asian traditions
Daoism, Confucian practice, Chinese folk religion, Shinto and Korean tradition.