Hotei – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · A rotund figure, Hotei’s mouth is either smiling or opened for a laugh, leading many people to know him as the “Laughing Buddha.” A wanderer in life and death, Hotei is …
Seven Lucky Gods - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Hotei blesses and gives good fortune to those who ignore appearance. Hotei’s portrayal as large, rotund, and smiling has inspired images of the “Laughing Buddha” known …
Ji Gong - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Ji Gong (濟公) was a monk and legendary Chinese folk hero. Rather unconventional for a Buddhist, he disavowed the ascetic life, yet his devotion granted him …
Ebisu - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · He is always smiling and laughing, and carries a fishing rod and a large fish—usually either a red sea beam or red bass—with him most of the time. As the patron of …
Sun Wukong - Mythopedia
2022年12月1日 · Out of options, the Jade Emperor told Buddha what had happened and begged him to intervene. Buddha immediately banished Wukong from Heaven and pinned him …
Isis - Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Isis was the supreme sorceress and healer of the Egyptian pantheon, a devoted wife and mother. Thanks to her power and wits, she both saved her husband’s body and …
Icarus – Mythopedia
2023年8月8日 · Icarus, son of Daedalus, was imprisoned by King Minos in the famous Labyrinth. He escaped with his father using wings made of feathers and held together with wax. But …
Sisyphus – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning. He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended. But …
Thoth – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Thoth was the vitally important Egyptian god of the moon, medicine, science, wisdom, and magic. Depicted with the head of an ibis, he invented writing, was the divine …
Amaterasu – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Amaterasu (天照) is the Japanese sun goddess, daughter of creator deities Izanagi and Izanami, and central to the Shinto religion. It is from her the Japanese nobility …