Daikokuten
Japanese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Daikokuten is a Japanese deity of wealth, food and the household, received through Buddhist Mahakala traditions and identified with Okuninushi. Japanese images include fierce forms and the familiar figure with rice bales, a sack and a mallet.
Names and tradition associations
Domains
- commerce
- wealth
Relations
- companion: BishamontenOne of the Seven.Reference treatment of the Shichifukujin as a fixed group of seven. (secondary)
- syncretism: ŌkuninushiMark Schumacher, Daikokuten, Historical Notes and Shinto associations (secondary)
- historical association: ShivaMahakala’s reception in Buddhism mediates the association; this is not a direct family relationship.Mark Schumacher, Daikokuten, Historical Notes and Shinto associations (secondary)
Sources
- Daikokuten is one of the Seven Lucky Gods, the god of commerce, identified by his treasure pagoda and a weapon against evil, whose virtue in the group's scheme is dignity, and who derives from the Indian Mahākāla.: Reference treatments of Daikokuten and of the Shichifukujin. (secondary)
- Daikokuten is a Japanese deity of wealth, food and the household, received through Buddhist Mahakala traditions and identified with Okuninushi. Japanese images include fierce forms and the familiar figure with rice bales, a sack and a mallet.: Mark Schumacher, Daikokuten, Historical Notes and Shinto associations (secondary)