Benzaiten: Japan’s Goddess of Love, Music, and Fortune
I. Who Is She? From the Indus River to Japanese Shrines Benzaiten (often affectionately called “Benten”) is one of the Japanese deities I’ve become most fascinated with through my recent in-depth research. Originally derived from Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of wisdom and the arts, she quietly transformed within Japanese culture into a symbol governing all…
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