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Fūjin

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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese Mythology
Scripts 風神(Japanese Kanji) ふうじん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. FOO-ZHEEN(Japanese)
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Meaning & History

From Japanese 風 (fū) meaning "wind" and 神 (jin) meaning "god, spirit". This is the name of the Japanese wind god, who carries the wind in a bag over his shoulders.

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air, gods, Japanese mythology, mythology, spirit, weather
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Entry updated December 7, 2022

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