Raijin
c. 712 CE – 2026 CEattested
Japan
- Japanese
Thunder kami who beats a ring of drums around his back to make storms, and is warned about to children who sleep with their navels uncovered. Painted on temple screens as a muscular demon, mid-drumroll.
Known for
- the ring of drums
- the god who steals navels
- storms as percussion
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.