Supernatural+Powers+and+deities

= **__Supernatural powers and deities__**  =

= =  There are many different God's in the Shinto Religion with many different supernatural powers, since you are allowed to worship more than one God. Many of their God's are known as to be in a physcial form, or a spirtual form. Family usually stick to worshipping one or more God's that an ansector has worshiped in the past. There are a number of different Gods and spirts that do different things and have something spefic for to them.

__ Ama No Uzume __
Ama no Uzume, is know as the Goddess who helps with Fertility. She also help Amaterasu out of the cave, which is a story which can be found in the Kojiki.

__ Amaterasu __
Amaterasu, is part of the Japanese myths. It is belived that Amaterasu is the Goddess of the Sun, she is also the Goddess of the universe. The meaning of her names means "Shinning in heavan." Amaterasu is first mention in the Kojiki which is the oldest record found to her exsitants.

__Fujin__
Fujin is known as the god of the wind, and is one of the eldest Shinto Gods. He is known to be a terrifying dark demon, that looks a lot like a red headed black humaniod wearing a leopard print skin. The way he looks is known to have come from the cultural exchanges along the "Silk Road" which is a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass.

.Image of Fujin.

__Hachiman__
Hachiman is a Japanese god that came around from myths, and is a known God in Buddism. Hachiman is the god of archery and war, and incoroporates elements from both Shinto and Buddhism. He is often called that God of war, but sometimes can be called "The tutelar God of Warriors." After Buddhism came to Japan, Hachiman became a Sycrestistic deity. (A combitnation of different beliefs, often while still having the same beliefs as before, as well as the new ones) An image of Hachiman