Chiburi (one of the Michi-no-Kami, 3 guardians of boundaries and roads) (.211)
Chujo Hime (a Buddhist nun, expert in embroidery, regarded as an incarnation of Kwannon) (.220)
Cosmic Mountain (the home of the Sennin) (DM.242)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Maps	-	-	-	Adventures
MM	PH	-	DMG	DDG
Locations	-	-	-	Lore
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	Mother Earth

MAPS-

PH \ RACE-

PH \ CLASS-
bonze (a Buddhist priest) (.160)
bozu (a priest) (.163)

PH \ CLASS \ PRESTIGE
Dai-guju (a special type of Shinto high priest) (.267)

PH \ SKILL-
Bon Odori (a dance performed at the Festival of the Dead) (.159)

PH \ FEAT-

PH \ DESCRIPTION
Faiths +

PH \ EQUIPMENT-
$ pp = . gp = . sp = . cp = . bp = .

arrow (the use of the bow and arrow dates from the early Stone Age period and the arrow itself has great significance in many mythologies) (DM.92)

cock (the male of the fowl, a bird domesticated in many countries, in many cases regarded as sacred) [gallus] (DM.229)

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ ARMS

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ ARMOR

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ HERBS
Herbs = .

PH \ SPELL-

Myths = .

ancestor worship (an ancient religion revering one's ancestors) (DM.66)
butsudan (a family altar containing a list of ancestors, etc.) (.179)
ema (offerings to the gods in the form of horse pictures) (.331)

Arahito-gami (the mikado regarded as the incarnation of a deity) (DM.83)
Ama-no-ho (a divine messenger) (DM.54)
Ame-no-Toko-Tachi-no-kami (a primordial female deity: the female principle) (DM.57)
Aizen-myoo (a Shinto (later Buddhist) god, the personification of love) (DM.40)
Akano Jewel (a god of famine) (DM.42)
Aki-Yama (a mountain god representing autumn) (brother of Haru-Yama) (DM.42)
Ama-Tsu-Kami (gods of heaven as opposed to Kuni-Tsu-Kami) (DM.54)
Ama-Tsu-mika-hoshi (an evil star-god) (DM.54)
Ashi-nadzuchi (an earth-god) (husband of Te-nadzuchi) (father of Inada-hime) (DM.99)
Ashura (god of the land of punishment, Ashura) (DM.99)

Bimbo-Gami (a god of poverty) (DM.150)
Bon-Ten-O (the god Brahma on whose head stands the Buddha) (.159)

Gogo-me [Hisa Females] (8 ugly thunder-goddesses of the underworld) (.421)

DDG \ D
Deity of the Field Paths (a giant) (DM.278)
Dosojin (gods of raods and boundaries, guardians of the village) (.302)

DDG \ E
Eighty Myriad Gods (early deities) (DM.321)
Ekibiogami (a god of pestilence) (.323)

DDG \ F
Fuji (a god of Mount Fuji) (DM.390)
Fukaotsu (a guardian god) (DM.390)

DDG \ G
Gekka-O (a god of marriage) (DM.406)

DDG \ AINU
bear (the mountain-god of the Ainu) (DM.135)

Chikisani (an Ainu earth-goddess or goddess of elm trees) (mo of Pon Okikurumi by Okikurumi) (.214)

DDG \ BUDDHIST
Butsudo (Buddhism, 'the way of Buddha') (.179)
Butsugaku (the Buddhist doctrines) (.179)
Bhadra (the Buddhist concept of divine compassion) (.145)

Butsu (the Buddha) (.179)

Atago-gongen (a Buddhist god of fire) (DM.105)

Emma-O (a Buddhist god of death, lord of hell) (DM.332)
    Emma-ten (an underworld deity associated with Emma-O) (DM.332)

Fudo (a Buddhist god of fire and wisdom) (DM.390)
Fudo-myoo (a Buddhist god of fire and wisdom) [Arya Achalanatha.Jitoku:=Buddhist Acala:=Shinto Ebisu] (DM.390)
Fuku-joju (a Japanese name of Amogasiddhi) (.390) [x: Amogasiddhi]

DDG \ BUDDHIST \ DHYANI
Go-chi Nyorai (the 5 Dhyanibodhisattvas, in some accounts) (.419)

Ashuku (one of the 5 Dhyanibuddhas) (one of the 5 bodhisattvas of Mahayana buddhism, in some accounts) [Ashiku.Tenkuraion:=Buddhist Akshobhya:=Hindu Vishnu:=Sanskrit Divya-dundu] (DM.99)

Dainichi (the god of the True Word Buddhists) (one of the 5 Dhyanibuddhas) (one of the 5 Dhyanibodhisattvas, nscc) (DM.268)

DDG \ BUDDHIST \ DHYANI \ BODHISATTVA \ AMIDA
Amrita (a form of Amida) (DM.62)
Daiseishi (a minor deity, companion of Amida) (.268)

DDG \ BUDDHIST \ RAKAN
Binzuku (one of the 16 Rakans) (DM.150)

DDG \ BUDDHIST \ MAHAYANA
Fugen (one of the 5 Buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism) (the final Buddha) (DM.390)

DDG \ GODAI MYOO
Godai Myoo [Godaison] (the collective name of 5 gods, agents of the 5 great Buddhas) (.420)

Dai-itoku (a terrible manifestation of Amida or Monju) (DM.267)
    Goemmason (a name for Dai-itoku as conqueror of Emma-O) (.420)

DDG \ I
    Ame-no-wo-ha-bari (the magic sword of Izanagi) (DM.57)

DDG \ J
Bake-Jizo (a statue of Jizo placed at crossroads) (DM.124)

DDG \ K
    Bato (a name of Kwannon as 'horse-headed' and guardian of horses) (DM.131)

DDG \ N \ NIJUHACHI-BUSHU
* = (a guardian deity) (one of the 28 Nijuhachi-Bushu) [x: the spellings & capitalization are not consistent] [-x: actually, there is an advantage to this inconsistency]
* = (a guardian deity) (one of the 28 Nijuhachi-bushu)
* = (a guardian deity) (one of the 28 Nijuhacahi-Bushu)

Ashira (a guardian deity) (one of the 28 Nijuhachi-Bushu) (DM.99)
Bassosennin (a guardian deity) (one of the 28 Nijuhachi-bushu) (DM.130)
Daibenzaiten (*) (DM.267)
Daibonten (*) (DM.267)
Gobuju (*) (.419)

DDG \ SHINTO
Aji-Shiki-Taka-Hiko-Ne (a Shinto rain-god or thunder-god) (son or father of Takitsuhiko) (DM.41)
Ama-Tsu-Mara (the Shinto smith-god) (DM.54)
Asuha-No-Kami (a Shinto god of courtyards) (DM.104)
Ayakasikone (a Shinto goddess) (consort of Omodaru) (DM.117)
Azume (a Shinto goddess of the damned) (DM.118)

Bishamon (the Shinto god of war and wealth) (DM.151)
    Bishamon-tenno (Bishamon as the guardian of the north) (one of the 4 Shi Tenno) (DM.151)

Chinju (a Shinto deity, guardian of a specific locality or building) (.215)

Dozoku-shin (Shinto guardian deities of the family) (.302)

Eight Imperial Deities (a group of Shinto tutelary deities, guardians of the royal household) {"These deities are given as Ikumusubi, Kamimusubi, Koto-shiro-nushi, Miketsu, Omiya, Takamimemusubi, Tamatsumusubi and Taramusubi."} (DM.320)

Fire Fade (a Shinto deity) (son of Ninigi and Sengen) (bro of Fire Flash and Ho-no Susori) (hus of Toyo-Tama) (fa of Amasuhiko) (DM.372)

Fire Flash (a Shinto deity) (son of Ninigi and Sengen) (bro of Fire Fade) (DM.372)

Fuchi (a Shinto fire-goddess or sun-goddess) (.390)
Fujin (a Shinto god of the winds) (DM.390)
Futo-Tama (a Shinto ancestral god) (.391)
Futsu-Nushi (a Shinto war-god, god of fire and lightning) (DM.391)

DDG \ SHINTO \ AMATERASU
Amaterasu (a Shinto sun-goddess) (an aspect of Kunitokotachi) (daughter of Izanagi and Izanami) (sister of Susanowa, Tsuki-yomo and Waka-hiru-me) (DM.56)

    Ama-no-iwato (the cave in which Amaterasu hid) (DM.54)
    Ama-no-Oshisho-mimi (a son of Amaterasu) (DM.54)

Divine Crisis (the period when Amaterasu hid herself in a cave and refused to come out) (.296)

DDG \ HACHIMAN
Daibosatsu (a god of war) [Dai Bosatsu] {"The was the Shinto god Hachiman, assimilated to the Buddhist pantheon."} (DM.267)

DDG \ SHINTO \ SHICHI FUKUJIN
Benten (a sea-goddess, goddess of music, speech and wealth) (one of 7 Shinto deities of good fortune known as the Shichi Fukujin) (DM.142)

Fukorokuju (a Shinto god of long life, luck and wisdom) (one of the 7 deities of fortune, the Shichi Fukujin) (DM.390)

DDG \ SHINTO \ SHICHI FUKUJIN \ DAIKOKU
Daikoku (a Shinto god of farmers and wealth) (one of the 7 Shichi Fukujin) (fa of Ebisu) [Bika Daikoku.Daikoku Tea.Daikokusana.MahakaDaikoku.
Makura Daikoku.Ojikara Daikoku.Shinda Daikoku.Ta-no-kami.Yasha Daikoku:=Hindu Mahakala.Shiva] (DM.267) [x: spacing?]

Bika Daikoku (a form of Daikoku as a priest bearing a sword and mallet) (DM.149)

DDG \ SHINTO \ SHICHI FUKUJIN \ EBISU (DDG.1: luck, work)
Ebisu (a Shinto god of commerce, fishermen, good fortune and self-effacement) (one of the 7 Shichi Fukujin) (son of Daikoku) (DM.315)

DDG \ PLANESCAPE
ama (heaven) (DM.53)
    Ama-no-Kama (a river in heaven: the Milky Way) (DM.54)

Ashura (the land of punishment ruled by Ashura) (DM.99)

Chosii (the home of the dead) (.218)

Dry Bed of the River of Souls (a world to which the souls of dead children pass and where they are forced to work) (.305)

Eight Thunders (guardians of the underworld) (DM.321)

Ama-inu (a celestial dog that drives away demons) (DM.53)
alligator (a reptile found in China, the southern part of the US and elsewhere) (DM.51)

animals (many animals (and birds) appear in mythologies worldwide, often as supports for the world) (DM.71)

badger (this animal is said to be a man-eater and to possess supernatural powers) (DM.122)

Baku (a supernatural being) (DM.124)
boar (a fierce animal of the pig family, featured in many stories worldwide) (DM.157)

bull (a male bovine animal typifying strength, fecundity, stupidity, which plays a role in many mythologies) (DM.177)

[SAINT] bosatsu (a bodhisattva: an epithet applied to Buddhist saints) (.162)

cat (a small domesticated feline featured in many mythologies) (DM.196)

deer (a fleet-footed animal, usually with antlers) (see alsostag) (DM.277)
dog (a canine, usually domesticated as a pet or trained for various tasks) (DM.298)
[Foo Dog] Dogs of Foo (the Japanese version of the Chinese Dogs of Foh) (DM.299)

Goblin-spider (an evil goblin) (.419)

MM \ BIRD
crow (a large black bird) (DM.255)

eagle (a large bird of prey) (DM.314)

Fukuro (an owl who became a monk) (DM.390)

Gario (a name for Garuda in Japan) (.401)

MM \ DEMON
Adachigahara (a female demon that kills and eats children) (DM.18)
aka-oni (demons of the underworld with red bodies) (DM.41)
Akandoji (a demon killed by Momotaro) (DM.42)
ao-oni (demons of the underworld with green bodies) (DM.77)

Eight Ugly Females (female demons) (DM.321)

MM \ DRAGON
dragon (a fire-breathing monster, usually with wings) (DM.303)

Black Dragon (this beast, ruler of the north, is the symbol of courage) (.152)
Blue Dragon (this beast, guardian of the east, is a symbol of scholarship) (DM.156)

Celestial Stag (in China and Japan, the sun, regarded as a dragon) (.199)

MM \ DRAGON \ KINGS
Dragon Kings (rulers of the earth) (DM.303)

Celestial Dragon (one of the 4 Dragon Kings who guards the manshions of the gods) (.199)
Dragon of Hidden Treasure (one of the 4 Dragon Kings) (DM.303)
Earth Dragon (one of the 4 Dragon Kings) (DM.315)

Dragon Carp (son of a dragon king) (DM.303)

MM \ FISH
carp (a sacred fish, revered as a symbol of youth and strength) (.194)
catfish (a huge fish said to cause earthquakes) (.196)

MM \ GHOST
Fuda-hegashi (an evil charm: a ghost) (.390)
Funa-yurei (a ghost of someone who died by drowning) (.391)

gaki (a melevolent spirit of the dead: a ghost) (DM.394)

MM \ INSECT
butterfly (a flying insect with large, beautifully coloured wings) (DM.179)
cricket (a sacred insect) (.254)
dragonfly (this insect is thought to be the soul of a dead person) (.303)
firefly (small nocturnal insects which glow in the dark) (DM.372)

MM \ MAMMAL \ SMALL
fox (this animal appears in myths of many countries, often as a trickster or shape-changer) (DM.385)

MM \ SPIRIT
Akuma (an evil spirit) (DM.43)
Ara mitama (a violent spirit) (DM.83)
Arabu kami (an evil spirit) (DM.83)
Ashura (evil spirits) (DM.100)

bakemono (evil spirits with long hair but no feet) {"Included in this term are the Kappa, Mono-no-ke, Oni, Tengu and Yama-uba) (DM.124)

Funadama (a female boat-spirit, guardian of fishermen) (.391)

MM \ ENCOUNTERS
 

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DMG \ NPCs-
Akawi-ko (a faithful woman) (DM.42)
Akiko (a maiden betrothed to Takahama) (DM.42)
Ako (husband of Aya, in some accounts) (DM.42)

Amasuhiko (son of Fire Fade and Toyo-tama) (husband of Tama-yori) (father of Jimmu-tenno and itsu-se) (DM.55)

Anan (the Japanese version of Ananda) (DM.64)

Asagao (a blind maiden) (DM.97)

Aze (wife of Nase) (DM.118)

DDG \ NPCs \ WARRIOR
Ata (a legendary warrior-maid) (DM.105)

Endo Morito (a warrior) (DM.333)

Gatukaca (a warrior) (son of Bima and Arimbi) (DM.402)

DMG \ NPCs \ PRIESTS
Ajarijoan (a priest) (DM.41)

Daruma (the founder of Zen Buddhism) (.273)

Genko (a priest who became a dragon) (DM.407)

Genno (a Buddhist priest) (DM.407)

DMG \ NPCs \ MONKS
Anchin (a monk) (DM.66)

DMG \ NPCs \ PEASANT
Bimbo (a peasant) (DM.150)

DMG \ NPCs \ B
Baishu (a young poet) (DM.123)
Bengodi (a giant hero) (son of a Tengu) (DM.141)

DMG \ NPCs \ C
Chinu (a lover of the Maiden of Unai) (DM.216)
Chiyo (a maiden killed by Shokuro) (DM.217)
Chiyodo (the only child of Heitaro and Higo) (.217)
Chokoro (a sennin who had a magic horse) (.217)

DMG \ NPCs \ E
En-no-ozuna (a hermit) (DM.332)

DMG \ NPCs \ G
Gisuki (brother of O Cho San) (.415)

DMG \ MAGIC ITEM-
Death Rock (a large rock) {"This rock became inhabited by the fox-woman, Jewel Maiden, until the evil spirit was exorcised by the priest Genno."} (.276)

Feather Robe (a garment worn by the moonfolk) (DM.359)

Fukusuki (an image of a male with a big head used as a household talisman of good fortune) (.390)

furoshu (a wine that confers eternal youth on the drinker) (.391)

DMG \ H \ TRICK
Daibutsu (a huge statue of the Buddha) (.267)

DMG \ ADVENTURES-
[J1] Daimoku (the Japanese version of a book of parables attributed to the Buddha) [Lotus Sutra:=Buddhist Saddharma-pundarika] (.267)

[J2] Engishiki (a 9th c multi-volume work on Shinto religion and mythology) (.334)

Fudoki (a book of sacred records and some local myths) (.390)

DMG \ GLOSSARY
(fire plays a part in many mythologies, sometimes for the benefit of man, sometimes to destroy the world, sometimes to carry a soul to heaven) (DM.372)

Books = .

AGRICULTURE-
Food / Animal = .
Food / Vegetable = .

BEVERS-

CULTURE-
Clothing = .

CULTURE \ FESTIVALS
Festival of Tanabata (a festival held in honour of Tanabata, the Weaving Maiden) (DM.364)

Death of Jimnu (a Shinto festival, 3 April) (.276)

Festival of the Dead (a period, from July 13th to 16th, when the spirits of the dead are said to return and wander in the country) (DM.364)
    Gakido (purgatory: ghosts appearing at the Festival of the Dead) (DM.394)

DEFENSES-
Banko (an admiral of the Chinese fleet) (DM.128)

ECOLOGY-
Ecosystems = .

GEOGRAPHY-
Capital = .

Sq. Mi. = .

Mining = .

earthquake (a shaking of the earth's surface resulting from underground movement) (DM.315)

crystal (some say that Buddha, mounted on his elephant, is visible in a crystal) (.256)

HISTORY-

INTRIGUE-

JUSTICE-

KINGS- (EMPERORS-)
Aya (a princess who fell in love with the spirit of the peony) (DM.116)

Ayame (a lady at the imperial court) (DM.117)

Buto (an ox-headed king) (DM.179)

Genji (a legendary prince, hero of many tales) (.407)

Go Toba (an emperor) (.419)

KINGS \ EMPERORS
Antoku Tenno (a child emperor) (DM.76)
Chuai (an emperor) (hus of Jingo) (DM.219)

LANGUAGE-

MAGIC-
bokusen (divination) (DM.159)

NOBLES- \ HERALDRY-
Flag =

Abe no Miushi (a noble) (DM.12)

Gobei (a noble) (.419)

NOBLES \ HERALDRY

SOCIETY-
Population = .

Races/Subraces = .

Sex = .

POLITICS-
Alliances = .
Hostilities = .

Open Warfare/Skirmishing = .

RUMOURS-

TRADE-
Exports = .
Imports = .

UNDERWORLD-

VEGETATION-
Forests = .

cherry (a tree that is believed to have an individual spirit) (.211)

Enoki Tree (a tree sacred to Kokin the god (or gddss) of cooking) (.335)

gingko [ginkho.icho] (a sacred tree: a tree of milk, guardian of nursing mothers) (.414)

WEATHER-
Climate = .

Ama-no-Hashidate (a stairway linking heaven and earth) (DM.53)
Ame-no-iha-kina (the throne of god) (DM.57)
Asama (a sacred mountain, Mount Fuji) (DM.97)
Awagi (an island, home of souls) (DM.116)

Biwa (a lake, home of one of the dragon-kings) (.152)
Bridge of Heaven (a bridge leading from Mount Takachihi up to heaven) (.169)

Cherry Tree Pond (the home of Genko when he became a dragon) (.211)

Dragon King of Lake Biwa (a dragon living in Lake Biwa) (DM.303)

Enoshima (an island) (DM.335)

Furo-no-Yashiro (a shrine dedicated to a magical sword) (.391)

geku (a shrine) (.406)