Japanese Mythology
Yamata no Orochi
Yamata-no-Orochi (八岐大蛇 lit. large snake divided into eight) is a monster in Japanese mythology. He is described in the Shinto books Kojiki and Nihonshoki as a deity who lived in...
Yamata no Orochi
Yamata-no-Orochi (八岐大蛇 lit. large snake divided into eight) is a monster in Japanese mythology. He is described in the Shinto books Kojiki and Nihonshoki as a deity who lived in...
Hannya
Hannya (般若) is a popular Japanese mask used in nō theater, representing a jealous female demon. The most popular drama in which the Hannya mask, featuring two large sharp horns,...
Hannya
Hannya (般若) is a popular Japanese mask used in nō theater, representing a jealous female demon. The most popular drama in which the Hannya mask, featuring two large sharp horns,...
Daikokuten
Daikokuten (大黒天?, Mahakala, from Sanskrit "the great black one"), or simply Daikoku, is the Japanese deity of wealth, commerce and trade. Daikokuten Description Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and...
Daikokuten
Daikokuten (大黒天?, Mahakala, from Sanskrit "the great black one"), or simply Daikoku, is the Japanese deity of wealth, commerce and trade. Daikokuten Description Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and...
Shinigami
Shinigami (死神, literally "kami (God) of death") is a term originally used in Japan to refer to psychopomp gods, i.e., personifications of Death, such as the Grim Reaper of European...
Shinigami
Shinigami (死神, literally "kami (God) of death") is a term originally used in Japan to refer to psychopomp gods, i.e., personifications of Death, such as the Grim Reaper of European...
Komainu
Komainu (狛犬・胡麻犬) are pairs of statues of lion-like creatures that guard the entrance or honden (inner shrine) of many Shinto shrines unless they themselves are guarded in the inner shrine...
Komainu
Komainu (狛犬・胡麻犬) are pairs of statues of lion-like creatures that guard the entrance or honden (inner shrine) of many Shinto shrines unless they themselves are guarded in the inner shrine...
Nekomata
A nekomata (Japanese 猫股 or 猫又; from Japanese neko "cat" and mata "forked" or "forked cat"; thus, in full, "forked cat") is a fictional being from Japanese folklore that can...
Nekomata
A nekomata (Japanese 猫股 or 猫又; from Japanese neko "cat" and mata "forked" or "forked cat"; thus, in full, "forked cat") is a fictional being from Japanese folklore that can...
