Fūjin
deity sky Japanese single tradition · 4
Fūjin is a Japanese god born to Izanami while she was dead in the underworld realm of Yomi-no-Kuni. He is one of the gods given birth by the goddess of death.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Kojiki, an early 8th-century Japanese chronicle.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Gamayun, Gargoyle, Garuda, Stheno, Euryale, Harpy, Hippogriff, Huitzilopochtli, Itsumade, Lightning Bird, Lindworm, Minokawa, Nephele, Nue, Huginn, Muninn, Ong, Peryton, Raiju, Roc, Sarimanok, Shahbaz, Sirens, Simurgh, Snallygaster, Stymphalian Birds, Sylph, Thunderbird, Winged Unicorn, Wyvern, Yalungur, Yuki-onna, Zilant, Zduhać, Ganglim, Izanagi, Shinigami, Jeoseungsaja, Izanami, Hinokagutsuchi, Raijin, Yanluo Wang, Diêm La Vương, Enma-Dai-Ō, Yeomra, angels, devils, dragon, lamassu, phoenixes, Ziz, griffins, Medusa, Pegasus, sphinxes, basilisk, Fenghuang, Cockatrice, Erinyes, Djinn, Elemental, Fionnuala, Firebird, Yama
- sibling of
- Raijin, Hinokagutsuchi
- child of
- Izanami
Mentioned by
- angels
- devils
- dragon
- lamassu
- phoenixes
- Ziz
- griffins
- Medusa
- Pegasus
- sphinxes
- basilisk
- Fenghuang
- Cockatrice
- Erinyes
- Djinn
- Elemental
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“Fūjin”
#4444 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she promised she would take a thousand lives every day, becoming a goddess of death, as well as giving birth to the gods, Raijin and Fūjin, while dead.”
#14496 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5