Get your Gods right!

[Steve Bildermann]

Japanese Buddhist deities are traditionally classified into four categories, and the same scheme is used at this web site. There are other deities that don't fit easily into any category. These latter deities are listed below in a fifth category called "Others." Nearly all listed deities originated in India. The majority of Buddhist sculpture in Japan belongs to the Mahayana tradition.

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Japanese Gods of Myth

TERMS FOR BUDDHA

Buddha, Tathagata, Nyorai, Butsu, Hotoke
The Historical Buddha lived in India around 560 to 480 BC. For comparative purposes, his contemporaries in China were Confucius and Lao-tzu (founder of Taoism). Only slightly later, around 400 BC, comes Plato in the West.

[Taro Toporific]

J.... other deities that don't fit easily into any category. These latter deities are listed below in a fifth category called "Others."

WORSHIP the others: The Alien Goddesses!


Fifth category called "Others" aka Cat5 Others include:



OK, now all of you post your favorite Cat5 deities....
My fav JPN one is ao oni

[Astropenguin]

Gojira

[Taro Toporific]

Gojira

Goji-chan is god but Hello Kitty RULES! She's a Cat. "other" deity.