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Ebisu

Japanese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification

Leech-child of Izanagi and Izanami who became god of fishermen and luck.

Parentage

parent: Izanagi
parent: Izanami

Domains

fishing
fortune

Powers

Grant bountiful catches and luck

Epithets

恵比寿 japanese · Ebisu · cultGod of fishermen, fortune and honest labor; the only native Lucky GodShichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods) tradition; Nishinomiya Shrine cult (secondary)
蛭子 japanese · Hiruko · epithetThe Leech-Child of Izanagi and Izanami, later identified with EbisuKojiki 古事記, Book 1 (the leech-child Hiruko); Nishinomiya tradition (primary)

Relations

sibling: KagutsuchiFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Izanagi & Izanami) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

existence: Kojiki, vol. 1, 712 CE (as Hiruko) (primary); Shichifukujin tradition (secondary)

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