Gods and Goddesses
Asian
Shinto
Haya-Ji

TYPE: God of winds

ORIGIN: Shinto [Japan]

INFORMATION: Particularly the fierce god of whirlwinds and typhoons. In mythology he carried back to heaven the body of Ame-Waka-Hiko (The heavenly young prince) after he had been slain by an arrow from the "Heavenly true deer bow".