Ebisu
Ebisu is the god of prosperity and wealth in business, and of abundance in crops, cereals and food in general. He is a patron of fishermen and one of the Seven Lucky Gods. He is one of Izanagi and Izanami's first children, though they disowned him for being deformed.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Medieval Japan.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Acala, Isana, Mahākāla-Daikokuten, Ichiji Kinrin, Vaiśravana-Bishamonten, Kenrō Jijin, Enenra, Ugajin, Ōkuninushi, Benzaiten
- syncretized with
- Kotoshironushi, Sukunabikona
- allied with
- Daikokuten
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The god of prosperity and wealth in business, and of abundance in crops, cereals and food in general. He is a patron of fishermen and one of the Seven Lucky Gods, and one of Izanagi and Izanami's first children, though they disowned him for being deformed.”
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“In popular belief, Daikokuten is also commonly paired with the folk deity Ebisu. Just as Daikokuten was conflated with Ōkuninushi, Ebisu was sometimes identified with Ōkuninushi's son Kotoshironushi or the dwarf god Sukunabikona, who assisted Ōkuninushi in developing the land of Japan. In homes, the two deities were enshrined in the kitchen or oven, while merchants worshiped them as patron deities of commercial success.”
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