Ebisu’s Family Tree

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Family

• Izanagi(parent),Izanami(parent),Amaterasu(sibling),Awashima(sibling),Kagutsuchi(sibling),Kukunochi(sibling),Ogetsu-hime(sibling),Oyamatsumi(sibling),Shinatsuhiko(sibling),Susanoo(sibling),Tsukuyomi(sibling)— Marriage · Miraculous

  Izanagi and Izanami, the divine couple who shaped the islands of Japan, brought forth a host of kami — Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo among the greatest, alongside Kagutsuchi whose birth killed Izanami, the mountain lord Ōyamatsumi, Shinatsuhiko, Kukunochi, Ōgetsu-hime, Ebisu, and Awashima.

  ⚠ The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki disagree on whether Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo were born to both Izanagi and Izanami or emerged from Izanagi's purification alone.

Aspect of

• Kotoshironushi

  Kotoshironushi's image as a fisherman at Cape Miho merged over time with Ebisu, the jovial god of fishermen and good fortune, until the two became inseparable in popular worship.

  ⚠ Ebisu is also identified with Hiruko in competing shrine traditions; the Kotoshironushi identification is primarily associated with Nishinomiya and Miho shrines.

Member of

• Shichifukujin

  The Shichifukujin are a syncretic group: Ebisu (Shinto), Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, and Hotei (Buddhist), and Fukurokuju and Jurōjin (Taoist). They sail together on the treasure ship bringing good fortune at New Year.