仏間 「ぶつま」 – butsuma
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kannon bosatsu
- Skt: Avalokitasvara translated to Chin: Guan Yin / Quan Yin
- Originally male
- She personifies compassion
- Symbol of the divine feminine, the divine mother
- For salvation in earthly life
- The number 33 is sacred to her
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hotei
- The fat and happy kami of abundance and good health
- Deity of contentment and happiness
- Guardian of children
- Patron of bartenders
- An incarnation of miroku bosatsu – the future bosatsu
- His name refers to the 'cloth sack' in which he carries his few worldly possessions
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ryûjin
- A protective dragon kami
- Associated with water, rain, rivers, the sea, and fishing
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kangiten
- The god of bliss
- A deva or ten in Shingon and Tendai
- Associated with good luck and fortune, joy and prosperity
- The Japanese Buddhist form of Ganesha – Hindu elephant-headed god of wisdom
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warai botoke
- The Laughing Buddha
- Protector of libraries and collections
- Also called fu-daishi
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TO—RU (Thor)
- Norse god
- Associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees,
and also strength, hallowing, healing, fertility
- Called 'friend of man'
- Uses his hammer, mjolner, to protect mankind from the joten – giants
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