Gozu Tennō
deity sky Buddhist single tradition · 3
Gozu Tennō is a deity sometimes linked to oxen and epidemics. He is celebrated during the Ushinori matsuri in the Yasaka Shrine in Tennō-machi.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 794 CE
- Attested period
- 794 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Regarded since the Heian period (794-1185 CE); amalgamated with Susanoo during medieval and early modern periods; reidentified during Meiji period (1868-1912).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kushiel, Zabaniyya, Matarajin, Suseribime, Mutō, god of the southern seas, daughter of the god of the southern seas, Toshitokujin, Hasshōshin, Yashimajinumi, I(so)takeru, Ōya(tsu)hime, Tsumatsuhime, Ōtoshi, Ukanomitama, Ōyabiko, Kōjin, Okina, Shukujin, Amida Buddha, Taizan Fukun, Mutō Tenjin, Kōga Saburō, Chenghuangshen, Meng Po, Heibai Wuchang, Zhong Kui, Đầu Trâu, Mặt Ngựa, Alexiares, Anicetus, Lugalirra, Meslamtaea, Sagara, Kushinadahime, Ugajin, Amaterasu, Shinra Myōjin, Manjushri, Jizō
- syncretized with
- Susanoo no Mikoto, Susano'o, Sekizan Myōjin, Mutō-no-Kami
- parent of
- Hachiōji
- consort of
- Harisaijo
Mentioned by
- Chenghuangshen
- Meng Po
- Heibai Wuchang
- Zhong Kui
- Đầu Trâu
- Mặt Ngựa
- Alexiares
- Anicetus
- Lugalirra
- Meslamtaea
- Sagara
- Kushinadahime
- Ugajin
- Amaterasu
- Shinra Myōjin
- Manjushri
and 3 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Gozu Tennō”
#14578 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Additionally, Jimon denki horoku, dated to the Muromachi period, states that "Susanoo has many traces, among them Matarajin and Gozu Tennō in India, the god of Mount Song in China, and the great Silla deity (Shinra Taijin) in Japan".”
#39666 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Shintōshū, a fourteenth century Buddhist text, identifies Sekizan Myōjin with Gozu Tennō.”
#39766 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5