is the
Shinto god of
war, and divine protector of
Japan and the Japanese people. The name means God of Eight Banners, referring to the eight heavenly banners that signaled the birth of the divine
Emperor Ōjin. His symbolic animal and messenger is the
dove. Since ancient times Hachiman was worshipped by peasants as the god of
agriculture and by fishermen who hoped he would fill their nets with much fish. In the Shinto religion, he became identified by legend as the Emperor Ōjin, son of
Empress Consort Jingū, from the
3rd -
4th century AD. However, after the arrival of
Buddhism in Japan, Hachiman became a
syncretistic deity, a harmonization of the native Shinto religion with Buddhism. In the Buddhist
pantheon in
8th century AD he became associated with the great
bodhisattva Daibosatsu.
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[Japanese] The Shinto god of war, and the divine protector of the Japanese people. He is worshipped by the peasants as the god of agriculture, and by the fishermen who hope he will fill their nets. An alternative name for him is Yawata, the god of the eight banderoles. The doves are his symbolic animals and his messengers. In Shinto, he is identified with the deified emperor Ojin Tenno, son of the Empress Jingo, from the 3rd - 4th century CE. In the Buddhist pantheon (eighth century CE) he is associated with the great bodhisattva Daibosatsu.
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