Japanese Gods and Goddesses

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Japanese Gods:
Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone – god of thunder
Amatsu Mikaboshi – god of evil
Bishamon – god of happiness and war
Chimata-No-Kami – god of crossroads, highways and footpaths
Hiruko – solar god
Ho-Masubi – god of fire
Inari – god of rice (foxes are his messangers)
Izanagi – creator god
Kagu-Zuchi – god of fire
Kawa-no-Kami – god of rivers
Kura-Okami – god of rain
Nai-No-Kami – god of earthquakes
O-Kuni-Nushi – god of sorcery and medicine
O-Wata-Tsu-Mi – god of the sea
Susa-No-Wo – god of storms and thunder, snakes and farming.
Shina-Tsu-Hiko – god of wind
Taka-Okami – god of rain
Take-Mikazuchi – god of thunder
Tsuki-Yomi – god of the moon
Japanese Goddesses:
Ama-No-Uzume – fertility goddess
Amaterasu – sun goddess
Benzaiten – goddess of love
Izanami – creator goddess
Shina-To-Be – goddess of wind
Sengen-Sama – goddess of the sacred mountain Fujiyama
Uke-Mochi-No-Kami – goddess of food
Wakahiru-Me – goddess of the dawn sun

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