<P> This is a list of divinities native to Japanese beliefs and religious traditions . Many of these are from Shinto, while others were imported via Buddhism or Taoism and "integrated" into Japanese mythology and folklore . </P> <Ul> <Li> Amaterasu - Ō - Mi - Kami (天 照 大神 or 天 照 大御神) Commonly called Amaterasu, she is the goddess of the sun as well as the purported ancestress of the Imperial Household of Japan . Her full name means "Great Goddess" or "Great Spirit Who Shines in the Heavens"; she may also be referred to as Ōhiru - menomuchi - no - kami (大 日 孁 貴 神). For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the "primary god" of Shinto . </Li> <Li> Ame - no - Uzume (天宇 受 売 命 or 天 鈿女 命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry, instrumental to the "missing sun motif" in Shinto . She is also known as The Great Persuader and The Heavenly Alarming Female . </Li> <Li> Fūjin (風神) Also known as Kami - no - Kaze, he is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods, said to have been present at the creation of the world . He is often depicted as an oni with a bag slung over his back . </Li> <Li> Hachiman (八幡 神) Also known as Hachiman - shin or Yawata no Kami, he is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people . Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan . His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove . </Li> <Li> Inari Ōkami (稲荷 大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility . Their messengers and symbolic animal are foxes . They are often identified with the Ukanomitama and Buddhist deity Dakiniten . </Li> <Li> Izanagi (伊 弊 諾 or 伊 邪 那岐) The forefather of the gods, he is the first male as well as the god of creation and life . He and his wife, Izanami, were responsible for the birth of the islands of Japan and many kami, though she died in childbirth . Later, after his failed attempt to retrieve her from the underworld, he sired Amaterasu, Susanoo and Tsukuyomi . </Li> <Li> Izanami (伊 弉冉 or 伊 邪 那 美) Izanagi's wife and sister, she is the first female as well as the goddess of creation and death . She died shortly after the birth of Kagu - tsuchi, and Izanagi followed her to the underworld, but failed to bring her back to the living world . A marital spat between the pair caused the cycle of life and death for all living beings . </Li> <Li> Kuninotokotachi (国之 常 立神, Kuninotokotachi - no - Kami, in Kojiki) (国 常 立 尊, Kuninotokotachi - no - Mikoto, in Nihonshoki) is one of the two gods born from "something like a reed that arose from the soil" when the earth was chaotic . In the Nihon Shoki, he is the first of the first three divinities born after heaven and earth were born out of chaos, and is born from something looking like a reed - shoot growing between heaven and earth . He is known by mythology to reside on top of Mount Fuji (富士山). Kuninotokotachi is described as a hitorigami and genderless in Kojiki, while as a male god in Nihon Shoki . Yoshida Kanetomo, the founder of the Yoshida Shintō sect, identified Kuninotokotachi with Amenominakanushi and regarded him as the primordial god of the Universe . </Li> <Li> Ninigi - no - Mikoto (瓊 瓊 杵 尊) Commonly called Ninigi, he was the grandson of Amaterasu . His great - grandson was Kan'yamato Iwarebiko, later to be known as Emperor Jimmu, first emperor of Japan . </Li> <Li> Ōkuninushi (大国 主) A god of nation - building, farming, business, and medicine . </Li> <Li> Omoikane (思兼) The deity of wisdom and intelligence, who is always called upon to "ponder" and give good counsel in the deliberations of the heavenly deities . </Li> <Li> Raijin (雷神) Commonly called Raiden (雷電), he is the god of thunder and lightning, and is often paired with Fūjin . As with the latter, Raijin is usually depicted as an oni . </Li> <Li> Ryūjin (龍神) Also known as Ōwatatsumi, he is a dragon, as well as god of the sea . He resides in Ryūgū - jō, his palace under the sea built out of red and white coral, from where he controls the tides with magical tide jewels . His great - grandson would become Emperor Jimmu . </Li> <Li> Suijin (水神) The God of Water . </Li> <Li> Susanoo - no - Mikoto (須佐 之 男 尊) Alternately romanized as Susano - o, Susa - no - o, and Susanowo . Reportedly called "Futsushi". He is the god of storms as well as in some cases the god of the sea . He is also somewhat of a trickster god, as Japanese mythology extensively documents the "sibling rivalry" between him and Amaterasu . Susanoo also was responsible for the slaying of the monster Yamata no Orochi and the subsequent discovery of the sacred sword Kusanagi . </Li> <Li> Tenjin (天神) The god of scholarship, he is the deified Sugawara no Michizane (845--c903), who was elevated to his position after dying in exile and subsequent disasters in Heiankyo were attributed to his angered spirit . </Li> <Li> Toyotama - hime (豊玉 姫) Also known as Otohime (乙姫), she was the daughter of Ryūjin and the grandmother of Jimmu . It is said that after she gave birth to her son, she turned into a dragon and disappeared . </Li> <Li> Tsukuyomi - no - Mikoto (月読 の 命 or 月夜 見 の 尊) Also known as Tsukiyomi, Tsuki no Kami, Tsukiyomino Mikoto, and Tsukiyumi no Mikoto, he is the god of the moon . He killed the goddess of food, Uke Mochi, out of disgust and anger in the way she had prepared a meal . This caused Amaterasu to never face him again, causing the sun and moon to be in different parts of the sky . </Li> <Li> Takemikazuchi, known as a god of thunder and the god of swords . </Li> <Li> Takeminakata </Li> </Ul> <Li> Amaterasu - Ō - Mi - Kami (天 照 大神 or 天 照 大御神) Commonly called Amaterasu, she is the goddess of the sun as well as the purported ancestress of the Imperial Household of Japan . Her full name means "Great Goddess" or "Great Spirit Who Shines in the Heavens"; she may also be referred to as Ōhiru - menomuchi - no - kami (大 日 孁 貴 神). For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the "primary god" of Shinto . </Li> <Li> Ame - no - Uzume (天宇 受 売 命 or 天 鈿女 命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry, instrumental to the "missing sun motif" in Shinto . She is also known as The Great Persuader and The Heavenly Alarming Female . </Li>

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