The power to be a Shinto deity. Variation of Transcendent Physiology and Deity.
Also Called[]
- Japanese Deity
- Japanese God/Goddess
- Shinto God/Goddess
- Kami
Capabilities[]
Users have access to the abilities of the Shinto deities.
Applications[]
All[]
- Transcendent Physiology
- Divinity (Dark or Light Divinity; varies between deities)
- Deity Soul
- Divine Aura/Divine Presence
- Divine Force Manipulation (varies)
- Divine Form (Death Inducement; the Shinto Gods were known to possess extremely powerful divine forms)
- Divine Powers (varies)
- Guardianship
- Oracular Deity (Varies)
- Old God-Patron God
- Semi-Immortality
- Shapeshifting
- Transcendent Spirit Physiology(Shinto gods are considered spiritual in nature)
- Divinity (Dark or Light Divinity; varies between deities)
Deities[]
A-M[]
- Amaterasu
- Aether Manipulation
- Armor Creation (Created armor to pose as male to trick Susanoo)
- Curse Inducement (Threw a blood-stained arrow back to earth with a killing curse)
- Curse Creation (The gods laid a curse upon Chūai that he should die "without possessing this land.")
- Divine Lord Physiology
- Divine Object (Imperial Regalia of Japan & Mikuratana-no-kami)
- Fire Manipulation
- Light Deity ("Heaven-Shining-Great-August-Deity")
- Prophecy Manipulation (Instructed Yamato-hime no Mikoto to erect a shrine to her in the province of Ise. It was there that Amaterasu first descended from Heaven)
- Queen of Heaven (The goddess who shines in Heaven)
- Reality Warping (Amaterasu had the grains collected and sown for humanity's use and, putting the silkworms in her mouth, reeled thread from them. From this began agriculture and sericulture)
- Snake Deity (Recorded by a medieval monk in his diary: "in ancient times Amaterasu was regarded as a snake deity or as a sun deity.")
- Poison Embodiment (In the Ise kanjō, her snake form is considered an embodiment of the "three poisons", namely greed, anger, and ignorance)
- Solar Deity
- Universal Manipulation (She controls the universe)
- Amatsu-Mikaboshi
- Absolute Destruction
- Anti-God (Opposed every other deity in Japanese myth)
- Assailant
- Chaos Deity
- Chinese Deity Physiology (Myōken)
- Control Immunity (Originally a rebellious Shinto god, possibly malevolent, who would not submit to the will of the other Ama-tsu-kami)
- Cosmic Manipulation
- Darkness Deity Physiology
- Dark Divinity (Dread Star of Heaven)
- Darkness Embodiment
- Primordial Darkness Manipulation
- Fear Deity Physiology
- Malefic Force Manipulation (Could control all dark forces)
- Omnificence Genesis
- Primordial Entity Physiology
- Stellar/Venus Deity (Pole Star of Venus)
- Void Embodiment (Is the primeval void on a lesser scale)
- Ame-no-Tajikarao
- Agriculture Intuition (Considered a protector of agriculture)
- Guardianship
- Heaven Deity (Tajikarao's name means heaven hand power)
- Sport Manipulation
- Strength/Power Embodiment
- Benzaiten
- Absolute Beauty
- Aspect Separation/Hindu Deity Physiology (Saraswati)
- Enhanced Charisma
- Flow Manipulation (Control of all things that flow)
- Guardianship (Guardian of music and all things that flow)
- Deity
- Linguistic Manipulation
- Luck
- Music Deity
- Music Manipulation
- Musical Empathy
- Snake Deity(Said to resemble a snake)
- Snake Manipulation
- Spirit Physiology
- Archetype:Victory Deity
- Enma
- Afterlife Deity
- Afterlife Lordship (limited)
- Hell Lordship
- Judge of the Dead
- Judgement Manipulation
- Samsara Manipulation
- Truth Manipulation ("If you lie, Lord Enma will pull out your tongue")
- Judgement Manipulation
- Purgatory Lordship
- Underworld Lordship
- Ancestry Manipulation
- Hindu Deity (As Yama)
- Disease Manipulation (Portrayed as sending old age, disease, punishments, and other calamities among humans as warnings to behave well.)
- Directional Lordship (the South)
- Fūjin
- Air Deity (God of Wind)
- Air Embodiment
- Air Manipulation (Manipulates all winds distructive and refreshing)
- Air Mimicry
- Sky Manipulation (limited)
- Air Embodiment
- Divine Object (Bag of Winds)
- Enhanced Combat
- Oni Physiology
- Air Deity (God of Wind)
- Hachiman
- Agriculture Intuition (Worshiped by farmers as the god of agriculture and by fishermen)
- Archery Deity
- Supernatural Archery
- Enhanced Accuracy (Due to his bow and arrows)**Combat Empowerment
- Protector Deity (Over Japan)
- Divine Sight (Over Japan)
- Guardianship
- Archetype:Fertility Deity (Possibly) ("Emperor in the Womb")
- Fisherman Deity Physiology
- War Deity
- Destiny Manipulation
- Enhanced Combat
- Victory Inducement (Proclaims the victory of an army)
- War Manipulation (Determines whether or not samurai succeed or fail in battle)
- Inari Ōkami
- Agriculture Intuition(Kami of agriculture, industry, general prosperity & worldly success)
- Enhanced Craftsmanship
- Gender Transcendence (Transcends male, female and androgynous conceptually)
- Enhanced Combat
- Fertility Deity (Women prayed to Inari to grant them children.)
- Fisherman Deity Physiology
- Food Manipulation
- Drink Manipulation (Tea)
- Alcohol Manipulation (Sake)
- Rice Manipulation
- Drink Manipulation (Tea)
- Forge Manipulation (Patron of Blackmisths)
- Fox Deity
- Kitsune Physiology (Because of their close association with kitsune, Inari is often believed to be a fox)
- Vulpes Manipulation
- Monetary Manipulation
- Omni Healing (Credited with curing such diverse afflictions as coughs, toothaches, broken bones, and syphilis.)
- Plant Manipulation
- Protector Deity (Warriors, Blacksmiths, Fishermen, & prostitutes)
- Shapeshifting (Aside from their kitsune form, Inari also appears in the form of a snake or dragon, a wicked man& a monstrous spider.)
- Weapon Proficiency
- Izanagi
- Peak Human Strength/Absolute (Lifted a rock that "required a thousand men to pull" in the Kojiki)
- Creator Deity (Creator of Japan)
- Creation
- Island Creation/Island Manipulation (He & Izanami created the Japanese archipelago)
- Divine Weaponry (Ame-no-Habari)
- Father God (Father of many deities, including Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi , Susanoo, and Kagutsuchi among others.)
- Absolute Command (of other deities)
- Divine Lord Physiology
- Archetype:Sky Father
- Sky Lordship
- Sky Manipulation (As the creator of the heavens)
- Weather Manipulation
- Air Manipulation (His breath covered the entire planet)
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Fertility Manipulation (Izanagi and Izanami were able to manipulate her fertility through walking around a pillar)
- Meta Life-Force Manipulation (Created 1,500 lives per day to counter the 1000 killed by Izanami)
- Primordial Deity
- Sanitization (Cleaned the impurities off of himself after leaving Yomi.)
- Healing Water
- Primordial Water Manipulation (Via his spear and the Heavenly Floating Bridge)
- World Separating (Separated the world of the living from the underworld by blocking the Yomotsuhirasaka)
- Yang Manipulation
- Izanami
- Creator Deity (Creator of Japan)
- Creation
- Island Creation/Island Manipulation (She and Izanagi created the Japanese archipelago)
- Darkness Manipulation
- Shadow Camouflage (Stopped Izanagi from clearly seeing her with the shows of Yomi)
- Death Inducement
- Divine Lord Physiology
- Earth Manipulation
- Fallen Deity
- Fertility Manipulation
- Archetype:Mother Goddess
- Archetype:Queen of Heaven (formerly)
- Transcendent Undead Physiology
- Underworld Deity
- Afterlife Border (Could control the afterlife)
- Necroscience
- Underworld Lordship
- Primordial Deity
- Punishment
- Curse Manipulation (Cursed her husband)
- Yin Manipulation
- Creator Deity (Creator of Japan)
- Kagu-tsuchi
- Divine Slayer (Killed Izanami)
- Fire Deity
- Absolute Burning (He could burn anything)
- Fire Immunity
- Fire Manipulation
- Fire Mimicry
- Forge Manipulation (God of Blacksmiths)
- Genesis Blood (Kagutsuchi’s corpse created numerous deities: Watatsumi, Kuraokami, Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Amatsumikaboshi, and Ōyamatsumi)
- Power Embodiment ("Kagu", meaning "to shine"; "tsu", the Old Japanese possessive particle; and chi, meaning "force" or "power")
- Volcano Physiology (After his death, the eight pieces of his body became eight volcanoes.
- Kojin
- Enhanced Archery
- Fire Deity Physiology (God of fire)
- Hearth Deity Physiology (God of the Stove)
- Impurity Destruction (Represents violent forces that are turned toward the betterment of humankind)
- Misfortune Redirection (Kōjin is sometimes identified as an incarnation of Fudō Myō-Ō, who is likewise depicted as surrounded by flames and tasked with dealing with misdeeds)
- Konohanasakuya-hime
- Fire Immunity (entered a burning hut to prove her fidelity)
- Life Embodiment (Avatar of Japanese life.)
- Life Manipulation (Symbol of delicate Earthly life.)
- Flower Manipulation (Cherry Blossoms/Sakura.)
- Healing (Healed Yasoji's mother of smallpox)
- Mountain/Volcanon Deity (Goddess of Mt. Fuji & other volcanoes)
- Mountain Destruction (Tore up the Yatsugatake Mountains because it was higher than Fujiyama)
- Volcano Manipulation (Stopes Mt. Fuji from erupting)
- Path to Victory
- River Deity (Appeared from a river to help Yasoji)
- Kuraokami
- Asian Dragon Physiology
- Primordial Darkness Manipulation (The name Kuraokami can translate to "Dark-god".)
- Divine Weaponry (sword, as human)
- Flight
- Guardianship
- Weather Deity Physiology
- Winter Deity Physiology
- Weather Manipulation
- Ice Manipulation
- Precipitation Manipulation
- Rain Manipulation and Sub-Zero Rain
- Primordial Dragon
- Water Manipulation
- Esoteric Water Manipulation (As the Dragon God)
- Drought Creation
- Flood Creation
- Water Generation
- Snow Manipulation (Shinto deity of snow and winter)
- Winter Manipulation
- Water Manipulation
N-Z[]
- Ōkuninushi
- Agriculture Intuition
- Afterlife Border (Possibly. Fled to the borders of the underworld with Suseribime)
- Civilization Advancement (God of nation-building)
- Curse Inducement (Cursed Prince Homuchiwake)
- Divine Object (scarf)
- Divine Protection Given by Suseribime. Protected him from hundreds of snakes, centipedes, & bees)
- Dream Communication (Spoke to Suinin in a dream)
- Enhanced Beauty
- Enhanced Charisma (Repeatedly gained the favor of the gods sent to claim Ashihara no Nakatsukuni)
- Fire Resistance (Survived Susanoo's field being set on fire)
- Land Lordship (Izumo Province)
- Medical Intuition
- Monetary Manipulation
- Plant Manipulation
- Psychopomp Physiology (Limited to Spirit World)
- Resurrection (Resurrected twice by his mother, Kisagaihime, & Umugihime)
- Rodent Companionship (A field mouse showed him a hole to hide from a fire and brought him to the arrow he was tasked to find.)
- Sealing (Enshrined Ōmononushi-no-Kami in Mount Mimoro)
- Spiritual Plane Lordship
- Transcendent Mage Physiology
- Magic Lordship (God of all forms of magic, especially protective)
- Omni-Magic
- Weapon Proficiency
- Omoikane
- Combat Perception
- Cosmic Awareness (A heavenly deity who is called upon to "ponder" and give good counsel in the deliberations of the heavenly deities.)
- Wisdom Deity (Shinto god of wisdom & Intelligence)
- Raijin
- Agriculture Intuition
- Enhanced/Supernatural Combat
- Divine Object (Drum & Hammers)
- Gravity Aura (Hair)
- Guardianship
- Oni Physiology (In Yomi, Izanagi found Izanami's corpse. On her body maggots gathered, and on her head arose Great Raijin, on her chest Fire Raijin, in her stomach Black Raijin, on her vagina Blossoming Raijin (咲雷神), in her left hand Young Raijin, in her right hand Soil Raijin, on her left leg Roaring Raijin, and on her right leg Bending Raijin; collectively called Ho-no-Ikadzuchi-no-Kami)
- Past/Present/Future Embodiment (Raijin's three fingers)
- Storm Deity
- Storm Manipulation (Drives off the Mongols by summon a great storm.)
- Lightning Deity (God of Lightning)
- Weather Manipulation
- Raiju Manipulation (Raiju)
- Trickster
- Ryujin
- Agriculture Intuition
- Divine Object (Tide Jewels)
- Health Deity (God of Medicine)
- Human Disguise
- Logic Distortion (Beat a jellyfish until its bones were crushed)
- Ocean Deity
- Transcendent Dragon/Asian Dragon/Sea Serpent Physiology
- Sugawara no Michizane/Tenjin
- Architecture Manipulation (Academies, Schools & Universities)
- Disaster Manipulation (After Michizane's death, plague and drought spread and sons of Emperor Daigo died in succession.)
- Knowledge Deity Physiology
- Poetry Mastery (Regarded as an excellent poet)
- Political Mastery
- Sukunabikona
- Agriculture Intuition (Kami of Agriculture)
- Alcohol Deity (Kami of Brewing Sake)
- Health Deity (God of Healing)
- Hot Spring Manipulation (Kami of Onsen)
- Knowledge Deity (Kami of Knowledge)
- Magic Deity (Kami of Magic)
- Susanoo
- Divine Weaponry (Orochi-no-Aramasa & Kusanagi)
- Environment Destruction (Destroyed Amaterasu's Rice Fields)
- Harvest Deity
- Agriculture Intuition
- Fields Manipulation (God of fields)
- Plant Manipulation
- Love Deity
- Marriage Deity
- Ocean Deity
- Sky Deity Physiology
- Cold Weather Manipulation
- Lightning Deity Physiology
- Divine Lightning Manipulation
- Lightning Bolt Projection
- Thundercloud Manipulation (Could control thunder)
- Thunderstorm Creation
- Divine Lightning Manipulation
- Weather Deity (God of Storms)
- Sacred Wind Manipulation
- Transmutation (Turned hairs into trees and Amaterasu's necklace into kami)
- Trickster
- Underworld Deity
- Gemstone Manipulation
- Underworld Lordship (Ruler of Ne-no-kuni)
- Winter Deity
- Divine Ice Manipulation (Originally in the Kojiki)
- Takemikazuchi
- Absolute Strength (Crushed Takeminakata's Hand)
- Ligtning Deity (Kami of Lightning & Thunder)
- Sword Deity (Kami of Swords)
- Enhanced Swordsmanship
- Sword Manipulation
- Sword Mimicry
- Divine Weaponry (Futsu-no-Mitama)
- Shapeshifting (Transformed his hand into an icicle and a sword)
- Ukemochi
- Abundance Manipulation
- Forest Manipulation (very limited)
- Harvest Manipulation
- Food Deity (Kami of Food)
- Food Manipulation
- Culinary Magic
- Food Generation (Produced from her every orifice.)
- Food Mimicry
- Replenishment
- Food Manipulation
- Spawning
- Animal Creation (Her turned into multiple animals)
Variations[]
Associations=[]
- Asian Dragon Physiology
- Chinese Deity
- Dosojin Physiology
- Hindu Deity
- Onmyōdō
- Shinigami Physiology
- Tenshi Physiology
- Yokai Deity
- Yokai Physiology
- Zuijin Physiology
Limitations[]
- Deity Consumption/Imprisonment/Divine Banishment/Slayer
- Divine Power Absorption/Immunity/Negation
- Divinity Nullification/Mortalization
Known Users[]
Comics
- Amatsu-Kami (Marvel Comics)
- Amaterasu (The Wicked + The Divine)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Yokai Gods (Anime-Tamae!)
- Various Gods (Gan-Kon)
- Amaterasu (Maga-Tsuki)
- Izanagi (Maga-Tsuki)
- Orihime (Maga-Tsuki)
- Tsukuyomi (Maga-Tsuki)
- Shinto Pantheon (Record of Ragnarok)
RPG
- Eastern Pantheons (Various RPG's)
Video Games
- Hades: Izanami (BlazBlue)
- Takehaya Susano'o (BlazBlue)
- Kazuchimon (Digimon)
- Kuzuhamon (Digimon)
- Sakuyamon (Digimon)
- Susanoomon (Digimon)
- Amaterasu (Okami)
- Shiranui (Okami)
- Chibiterasu (Okamiden)
- Multiple Examples (Persona)
- Aizen Myouou (Megami Ibunroku Persona)
- Susano-o (Megami Ibunroku Persona)
- Ameno-sagiri (Persona 4)
- Kunino-sagiri
- Izanami-no-Okami (Persona 4)
- Izanami-no-Mikoto / Marie (Persona 4)
- Multiple Personas (Persona 4)
- Amaterasu
- Haraedo-no-Okami
- Izanagi
- Izanagi-no-Okami (Persona 4)
- Konohana Sakuya
- Magatsu-Izanagi (Persona 4)
- Sukuna-Hikona
- Sumeo-Okami
- Susano-o
- Takehaya Susano-o
- Take-Mikazuchi
- Hi-no-Kagutsuchi (Persona 4: Arena / Ultimax)
- Kamu Susano-o (Persona 5)
- Amatsu Mikaboshi (Persona x Detective Naoto)
- The "Forces of Nature" (Pokémon)
- Landorus
- Thundurus
- Tornadus
- Enamorus
- Amanozako (Shin Megami Tensei V)
- Aogami (Shin Megami Tensei V)
- Hayao Koshimizu (Shin Megami Tensei V)
- Protagini (Shin Megami Tensei V); as a Nahobino
- Senji Muramasa (TYPE-MOON); as an Alter Ego
- Japanese gods (Smite)
- Shikieiki Yamaxanadu (Touhou Project)
- Amaterasu (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Izanami (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Kukunochi (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Oinari (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Omoikane (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Susa-No-O (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Takemikazuchi (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Tsukuyomi (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Yama (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Alpina/Yama-okami (Yo-kai Watch)
Web Original
- Bullfrog (Grindhouse and Watercolors)