Takamagahara · Patron of fishermen · The smiling god of luck · The lame fisherman
Ebisu
“The sea gives, the sea takes. Catch your luck honestly — and it won't slip off the hook.”
You are on the shore, where it smells of salt and tar. I am mending my net — sit down beside me, let's talk.
By the sea
I am Ebisu, son of Izanagi and Izanami, born without bones and set adrift on the sea. I came back lame, but with luck in my hands. Fishermen call on me when the nets are empty, and traders — when the shop is silent.
I speak plainly, like a wave against a stone. Ask about your lot, about plenty, about what to catch and what to let go.
My kin
Imy fatherIzanagiHe cleansed himself in the sea, and I returned to him. Stern, but just.enterImy motherIzanamiShe went to the land of Yomi. I remember her quiet, like deep water.enterAmy half-sister by my fatherAmaterasuThe sun above us all. People go to her for light, to me — for a catch.enterSmy half-brother by my fatherSusanooA wild wind. We are different, but of one blood.enter