Japan

Goddess Names:

Akaru-hime - Bright Princess
Aki-bime-no-kame - Autumn Princess
Ama-no-sagu-me - Heavenly Spying Woman, Wise Woman
Amaterasu - Great Deity Illuminating Heaven
Ama-tsu-otome - Heavenly Girls
Ame-chikaru-mizu-hime - Fresh and Youthful of Heaven
Ame-no-sade-yori-hime - Heavenly Net-Pulling-Hither Princess
Ame-no-toko-tachi-no-kami - Heavenly Eternal Standing Deity
Ame-no-tsudoe-chine-no-kami - Heavenly-Assembling Deity
Ame-no-uzume - Magic Ancestor
Ami-tanne-mat - Long-fingered Woman
Amitabha - Buddha of Infinite Light and Life
Ao-numa-nu-oshi-hime - Blue Pond, Swamp Horse
Apemeru-ko-yan-mat - Fire/Cinder-Sparks-Rise-Woman
Ashke-tanne-mat - Long-fingered Woman
Awa-nami-no-kami - Foam Female Deity
Aya-kashiko-ne-no-kami - Ah-How-Awesome Deity
Chiu-rang-guru - Senders Down of the Currents
Chiwashetkot-mat - She Who Governs the Place Where the Fresh and Salt Waters Mingle
Duinichi-nyorai - Great Illuminator
Funadama-sama - Ship Spirits
Fute-mimi-no-kami - Fat Ear
Hachi-kazuki-hime - Princess with a Helmet
Hani-yasu-bime-no-kami - Clay-Tempering Princess Deity
Haya-aki-tsu-hime-no-kami - Rapid Autumn Princess Deity
Hettsui-no-kami - Kitchen Deity
Hi-kawa-hime - Sun River Princess
Hime-jima - Maiden Island
Hi-naga-hime - Long Princess of Pi
Hi-no-haya-hi-no-mikoto - Fire-Vigorous-Force Deity
Iku-gui-no-kami - Life-Integrating Deity
Iku-tama-saki-tama-hime-no-kami - Living-Spirit, Lucky-Spirit Princess
Iku-tama-yori-bime - Life-Spirit, Lucky-Spirit Princess
Inada-hime - Rice-land Lady
Ino-hime - Princess of Ino
Inoshishi - Boar
Ishi-kori-dome-no-mikoto - Stone-Cutting Old Woman
Iwa-naga-hime - Rock-Long Princess
Iwa-su-hime-no-kami - Rock-Nest Princess Deity
Iwa-tsu-tsu-no-me-no-mikoto - Stone-Spark Woman Deity
Izanami-no-kami - Female Who Invites
Izu-no-me-no-kami - Consecrated Woman Deity
Izushi-otome-no-kami - Izushi-Maiden Deity
Jokwa - Royal Lady of the West
Juni-sama - Mrs. Twelve
Kagayo-hime - Shining Princess
Kaguya-hime-no-mikoto - Radiance and Beauty
Kamikaze - Divine Wind
Kami-musubi-no-kami - Divine-Generative-Force Parent Deity
Kami-Musumi - Divine Generative Force
Kaminari - Thunder Woman
Kamu-o-ichi-hime - Divine Oiti Princess
Kamui-fuchi - Supreme Ancestress
Kamui-matne-po - Divine Daughters
Kamui-menoko - She-Bear, Goddess
Kamu-ya-tate-hime-no-mikoto - Divine-Eight-Shields Princess Goddess
Kana-yama-bime-no-kami - Metal-Mountain Princess Deity
Karu-no-o-iratsume - Great Lady of Karu
Kaya-no-hime-no-kami - Grassy-Plains Princess Deity
Kayanohime - Mistress/Princess of Grass
Kerep-nove - Scratch and Stagger
Kisagai-hime - Ark-Shell Princess
Konohana-chiru-hime - Blossoms of the Trees Falling Princess
Kajuaku-myo-o - Great Peacock Goddess
Kuni-no-kuhiza-mochi-no-kami - Earthly Dipper Holder Deity
Kuni-no-mi-hashira - Sacred Pillar of the Land
Kuni-no-mi-kumari-no-kami - Earthly Water Partings Deity
Kuni-no-kura-do-no-kami - Earthly Dark Door Deity
Kuni-no-sa-giri-no-kami - Earthly Mist Deity
Kura-mitsu-ha-no-kami - Valley Water Greens Deity
Kushi-nada-hime - Wondrous Inada Princess
Kwannon - One Who Hears the Cries of the World
Mihotsu-hime - Heavenly Deity
Mikura-tana-no-kami - Deity of the August Storehouse Shelf
Mirume - Knower of All Secrets
Mitsu-ha-no-me-no-kami - Water Greens Woman Deity
Mizo-kuhi-hime - Water Pole Princess
Moshir-huchi - Earth Crone
Nakime - Weeping Woman
Naki-sawa-me-no-kami - Weeping Marsh Woman Deity
Natsu-taka-tsu-hi-no-kami - Summer-High-Sun Deity
Nupka-ush-ma - Chestnut Tree Grandmother
Nupki-ot-mat - Female of Muddy Places
O-be-hime-no-kami - Great Hearth Princess Deity
O-ge-tsu-hime-no-kami - Great Food Princess Deity
Okikurmi-kot-tureshi - Younger Sister
Oki-tsu-hime - Embers Princess Deity
Onne-chip-kamui - Old Boat Goddess
O-no-de-hime - Great Plain Hand Princess
Oto - Dragon Princess
O-to-matohi-me-no-kami - Great Door Mislead Woman Deity
O-to-no-be-no-kami - Great Female Genital Deity
Pet-etok-mat - Headwater Female
Pet-ru-ush-mat - Women Dwelling in the Watering Place
Rafu-sen - Buoyant Subtlety
Saki-tama-hime - Lucky Spirit Princess
Sayo-hime - Wife Rock
Shi-nadaka-no-kami - Evermore Flourishing Reed
Shokujo - Heavenly Weaver-Girl
So-tohoshi-no-iratsume - Clothing Penetrating-Through Lady
Su-hiji-ni-no-kami - Mud-Earth Lady
Suseri-bime-no-mikoto - Forward Princess
Takahime-no-mikoto - High Princess Lady
Takiri-bimi-no-mikoto - Mist Princess Goddess
Takitsu-hime-no-mikoto - Seething Waters Princess
Tama-yori-bime-no-mikoto - Spirit Medium Princess
Te-na-zuchi-no-kami - Hand-Stroking Elder
Toho-tsu-machi-ne-no-kami - Distant Cove
Tori-mimi-no-kami - Bird Ear
Toyo-tama-bime-no-mikoto - Abundant Jewel Princess
Toho-uke-bime-no-kami - Abundant Food Princess Deity
Toyo-uke-no-kami - Abundant Food Deity
Tsura-nami-no-kami - Calm-Water-Surface Deity
Uke-mochi-no-kami - She Who Possesses Food
Umugi-hime - Clam Princess
Unchi-ahchi - Grandmother Hearth
Wakahirume-no-mikoto - Young Sun Female
Waka-sana-me-no-kami - Young Rice Planting Maiden Deity
Yama-hime - Mountain Maiden
Yama-no-shinbo - Divine Mother of the Mother
Yama-omba - Mountain Old Woman
Yamni-huchi - Chestnut-tree Grandmother
Yuki-onne - Snow Maiden

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Photos: 1) Ryoan-ji Garden, 2) Amaterasu, 3) Benten, 4) Benzaiten, 5) Tatsuta-hime