Ugajin
Japanese mythology deity (kami)
Ugajin (宇賀神) is a harvest and fertility kami of Japanese mythology.[1][2] Ugajin is represented both as a male and a female, and is often depicted with the body of a snake and the head of a bearded man, for the masculine variant,[1] or the head of a woman, for the female variant. In Tendai Buddhism Ugajin was syncretically fused with Buddhist goddess Benzaiten, which became known as Uga Benzaiten or Uga Benten.[3] The goddess sometimes carries on her head Ugajin's effigy.
In this limited sense, the kami is part of the Japanese Buddhist pantheon.
Gallery
- Ugajin's feminine form
- Statue of Benzaiten, a torii and a male Ugajin visible on her head (whose coiled serpent body is barely visible behind her crown)
- Wooden snake at Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
See also
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References
External links
- Media related to Ugajin at Wikimedia Commons
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