Benzaiten- japanese folklore: the fifth of thr seven lucky gods. she was the goddess of everything that flows: water, words, speech, eloquence, music and by extension, knowledge. She was also a protective deity of the state and people. She was associated with comets.

Aoigaoka Keisei | Benzaiten (Goddess of Music and Good Fortune) Seated on a White Dragon | Japan | Edo period (1615–1868) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The illustration Amaterasu Okami , with the tags Kyoto_Award2020_illustration, fanart, illustration, goddess, Artwork, Mythology, Majestic, Amaterasu etc. is created by adechint . In ART street, the comment of adechint is This is my depiction of Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. Her head

I finally got around to finishing the triptych I decided to undertake when I finished Benzaiten. I'm not sure that I am entirely done with the whole ukiyo-e inspired style yet. I really enjoy the ethereal look, with the figures seemingly suspended in time and gently considering their surroundings. But for now, these are the deities I thought would complement each other nicely. So there's Benzaiten/Benten, as previously introduced... Then it's O-Ryu the willow goddess with Konohanasakuya-hime…

Much of the mythology and pantheon of Japanese gods is derived from the traditional folklore of Shinto – one of the major religions of Japan.