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DEITIES

Ajisukitakahikone / Ajishikitakahikone / Ajisukitakahiko: god of agriculture and thunder.

Amanozako: ancestor deity of all yokai.

Amaterasu-Ōmikami / Amaterasu: goddess of the sun. Her name means "shines from Heaven" or "the great kami who shine Heaven."

Amatsuhikone: third son of Amaterasu.

Amatsumara: god of ironworking and blacksmiths.

Ama-tsu-mika-boshi: god of stars.

Amenohoakari: god of the sun and agriculture.

Ame-no-hohi: second son of Amaterasu.

Ame-no-Koyane: god considered to be First in Charge of Divine Affairs.

Ame-no-Minakanushi: Lord of the August Center of Heaven. One of the first deities that created heaven and earth.

Ame-no-Naemasu: son of Futsunushi.

Ame-no-oshihomimi: first son of Amaterasu.

Ame-no-Tajikarao

Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto: goddess of dawn and revelry.

Ame-no-wakahiko: god of grains.

Atago Gongen: protector against fire.

Azumi-no-isora: god of the seashore.

Benzaiten / Benten / Benzaitennyo: goddess of everything that flows: words, speech, eloquence, and music. One of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Bishamonten: god of fortunate warriors and guards and punisher of criminals. One of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Daikokuten: god of wealth or of the household. One of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Ebisu: known as the "Laughing God." The first child of Izanagi and Izanami. One of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Fukurokuju: god of wisdom and longevity, also a star god. One of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Fūjin / Futen / Kaze-no-kami: god of wind, believed to be present during the creation of the world.

Futodama: unknown god.

Futsunushi: main deity of Katori Shrine, warrior god.

Hachiman: god of war and divine protector of Japan.

Haniyasu no kami: two gods of earth, clay, and poetry.

Hoderi: deity of the bounty of the sea and an enchanted fisherman.

Hoori: god of cereals or grain.

Hotei: one of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Inari Ōkami / Ō-Inari: goddess of rice and fertility.

Isetsuhiko: god of the wind.

Ishikori-dome no Mikoto: god of metalworking.

Izanagi: creation deity.

Izanami: creation deity.

Jurōjin: god of longevity and one of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Kagu-tsuchi: god of fire.

Kamimusubi: "Divine Creator", one of the creation deities.

Kanayago-kami / Kanayako-kami: god of metal annd metal-working.

Kawaya no Kami: god of the toilet.

Kawa-no-kami: god of rivers.

Kaya-no-hime: goddess of vegetation, grass, and fields.

Kisshōten / Kichijōten / Kisshoutennyo / Kudokuten: goddess of good fortune.

Kōjin / Sambō-Kōjin / Sanbō-Kōjin: god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.

Konjin: god of metals.

Konohanasakuya-hime: goddess of Mount Fuji.

Kotoshironushi / Yae Kotoshironushi no kami: earthly deity of Izumo Province.

Kuebiko: god of knowledge and agriculture.

Kukunochi: ancestor of trees.

Kukurihime no Kami / Kukurihime no Mikoto / Shirayama Hime / Shirayama Hime no Kami: Shinto goddess.

Kuninotokotachi: a deity typically identified as genderless.

Kuraokami: legendary dragon and Shinto deity of rain and snow.

Kushinadahime / Kushiinadahime / Inadahime: goddess of rice, agriculture, marriage, love, childbirth, and child rearing.

Kuzuryū / Kuzuryūshin: minor water god.

Mitsuhanome: water deity.

Moreya / Moriya: god of the Lake Suwa.

Nakisawame: god born from Izanagi's tear after Izanami died after giving birth to Kagatsuchi.

Nesaku: god of stars.

Nigihayahi-no-mikoto / Toshigami: unknown god.

Ninigi-no-Mikoto / Ninigi: grandson of Amaterasu.

Ōkuninushi / Ō(a)namuchi / Ō(a)namochi: god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine.

Omoikane: god of wisdom and intelligence.

Omodaru and Ayakashikone: sixth generation of heavenly gods.

Ōmononushi / Miwa-no-Ōkami / Miwa (Dai)myōjin: god associated with Mount Miwa.

Oshirasama: god of the home.

Otonoji and Otonobe: fifth generation of heavenly gods.

Ōyama-tsumi / Ohoyama-tsumi / Sakatoke: god of mountains, sea, and war.

Raijin: god of thunder and lightning.

Ryūjin: god of the sea.

Sarutahiko Ōkami: god of the earth.

Seidai Myōjin: god of sports.

Shinatsuhiko: god of wind.

Sukuna-Biko-Na: god of medicine and rain.

Suijin: god of water.

Sumiyoshi sanjin: gods of the sea and sailing.

Susanoo / Susanoo-no-Mikoto: god of storms.

Tajimamori: god of wagashi (sweets, confections).

Takamimusubi: "High Creator", a god of agriculture.

Takemikazuchi: god of thunder and swords.

Takeminakata: god of wind, water, and agriculture. Patron god of hunting and warfare.

Takitsuhiko: god who is believed to bring rain.

Tamanoya: creator of Yasakani no Magatama.

Tamayori-hime: mother of Emperor Jimmu.

Tatsuta-hime and Tatsuta-hiko: pair of wind gods who bring autumn.

Ta-no-Kami: god of the harvest.

Torento-no-kami: god of support and gratitude.

Toyokumono: second generation of heavenly gods. 

Toyotama-hime: daughter of Ryūjin.

Toyouke-Ōmikami: goddess of food.

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto: god of the moon.

Tsunuguhi and Ikuguhi: fourth generation of heavenly gods.

Ugajin: god of harvest and fertility.

Ugayafukiaezu: father of Japan's first Emperor.

Uhijini and Suhijini: third generation of heavenly gods.

Ukanomitama: god of food and agriculture.

Uke Mochi: goddess of food.

Watatsumi: believed to be same god as Ryūjin.

Wakumusubi: god of agriculture.

Wakahiru-me: goddess of the rising sun.

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