Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Raijin

Index Raijin

is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology. [1]

32 relations: Black Thunder (chocolate bar), Dharma, Drum, Fūjin, Folk belief, Gautama Buddha, God (male deity), Indra, Izanagi, Izanami, Japanese honorifics, Japanese language, Japanese mythology, Kami, Leigong, Lightning, List of thunder gods, Navel, Raijū, Religion, Shinbutsu bunri, Shinbutsu-shūgō, Shinto, Storm, Sugawara no Michizane, Syncretism, Tao, Tenjin (kami), Thor, Thunder, Tomoe, Yōkai.

Black Thunder (chocolate bar)

is a chocolate bar made and sold in Japan by the Yuraku Confectionery Company.

New!!: Raijin and Black Thunder (chocolate bar) · See more »

Dharma

Dharma (dharma,; dhamma, translit. dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

New!!: Raijin and Dharma · See more »

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

New!!: Raijin and Drum · See more »

Fūjin

or Futen is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods.

New!!: Raijin and Fūjin · See more »

Folk belief

In folkloristics, folk belief or folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore.

New!!: Raijin and Folk belief · See more »

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

New!!: Raijin and Gautama Buddha · See more »

God (male deity)

A god is a male deity, in contrast with a goddess, a female deity.

New!!: Raijin and God (male deity) · See more »

Indra

(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.

New!!: Raijin and Indra · See more »

Izanagi

is a deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology and Shinto, and his name in the Kojiki is roughly translated to as "he-who-invites" or Izanagi-no-mikoto.

New!!: Raijin and Izanagi · See more »

Izanami

In Japanese mythology, Izanami no mikoto (伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, meaning "she who invites") is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi-no-mikoto.

New!!: Raijin and Izanami · See more »

Japanese honorifics

The Japanese language makes use of honorific suffixes when referring to others in a conversation.

New!!: Raijin and Japanese honorifics · See more »

Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

New!!: Raijin and Japanese language · See more »

Japanese mythology

Japanese mythology embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculturally-based folk religion.

New!!: Raijin and Japanese mythology · See more »

Kami

are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto.

New!!: Raijin and Kami · See more »

Leigong

In Chinese mythology, Leigong or Leishen, is the Chinese traditional religious and Taoist deity.

New!!: Raijin and Leigong · See more »

Lightning

Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs typically during a thunderstorm.

New!!: Raijin and Lightning · See more »

List of thunder gods

Polytheistic peoples of many cultures have postulated a thunder god, the personification or source of the forces of thunder and lightning; a lightning god does not have a typical depiction, and will vary based on the culture.

New!!: Raijin and List of thunder gods · See more »

Navel

The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, colloquially known as the belly button, or tummy button) is a hollowed or sometimes raised area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord.

New!!: Raijin and Navel · See more »

Raijū

Raijū (雷獣, "thunder animal" or "thunder beast") is a legendary creature from Japanese mythology.

New!!: Raijin and Raijū · See more »

Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

New!!: Raijin and Religion · See more »

Shinbutsu bunri

The Japanese term indicates the separation of Shinto from Buddhism, introduced after the Meiji Restoration which separated Shinto kami from buddhas, and also Buddhist temples from Shinto shrines, which were originally amalgamated.

New!!: Raijin and Shinbutsu bunri · See more »

Shinbutsu-shūgō

Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Buddhism and kami worship that was Japan's only organized religion up until the Meiji period.

New!!: Raijin and Shinbutsu-shūgō · See more »

Shinto

or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.

New!!: Raijin and Shinto · See more »

Storm

A storm is any disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather.

New!!: Raijin and Storm · See more »

Sugawara no Michizane

, also known as or, was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan.

New!!: Raijin and Sugawara no Michizane · See more »

Syncretism

Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.

New!!: Raijin and Syncretism · See more »

Tao

Tao or Dao (from) is a Chinese word signifying 'way', 'path', 'route', 'road' or sometimes more loosely 'doctrine', 'principle' or 'holistic science' Dr Zai, J..

New!!: Raijin and Tao · See more »

Tenjin (kami)

In mythology, folklore and the Shinto religion of Japan, is the kami of scholarship and learning.

New!!: Raijin and Tenjin (kami) · See more »

Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor (from Þórr) is the hammer-wielding god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, in addition to hallowing, and fertility.

New!!: Raijin and Thor · See more »

Thunder

Thunder is the sound caused by lightning.

New!!: Raijin and Thunder · See more »

Tomoe

A tomoe (Japanese), commonly translated as 'comma,' is a Japanese heraldic symbol or crest describing a comma-like swirl.

New!!: Raijin and Tomoe · See more »

Yōkai

are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore.

New!!: Raijin and Yōkai · See more »

Redirects here:

Narukami.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »