Atago Gongen
 Image of Atago Gongen, Musée Guimet | |
| Grouping | Legendary creatures |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | Tengu |
| Other name(s) | Atago Daigongen, Tarōbō tengu and Shōgun Jizō |
| Country | Japan |
Atago Gongen (愛宕権現) is a Japanese kami. People believe he is the local version (Gongen) of the bodhisattva Jizō and Shinto goddess Izanami. He rides a white horse and has a ringed staff and a desire-cancelling jewel.[1]
The first people to worship him were Shugendō believers on Mount Atago in Kyoto. People worship Atago Gongen as a protector against fire and samurai worship him as a god of war and victory.[2] There are about nine hundred Atago Shrines around Japan.[3]
Related pages
- Atago Shrine (Kyoto)
- Atago Shrine (Tokyo)
- Gongen
- Honji suijaku
- Shinbutsu shūgō
References
- ↑ Ashkenazi, Michael (2008). Handbook of Japanese mythology. Handbooks of world mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-19-533262-9.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Atago Shinkō". Kokugakuin. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ "Atago Jinja - about". Atago Jinja. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.