Ebisu (mythology)

Ebisu
Kami associated with water, fisheries, business, wealth
Member of Seven Gods of Fortune
Statue of Ebisu at Ebisu-jinja in Kyoto
Other names	Hiruko
Animals	Fish "Ebisu Dai"
Gender	Male
Region	Mainly Kansai
Ethnic group	Japanese
Parents	Izanagi and Izanami

Ebisu (えびす, 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎), also transliterated Webisu (ゑびす, see historical kana orthography) or called Hiruko (蛭子) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神), is the Japanese god of fishermen and luck. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (七福神, Shichifukujin), and the only one of the seven to originate purely from Japan without any Buddhist or Taoist influence.