EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME: [3/8] JAPANESE GODS AND GODDESSES BENTEN
BENTEN [Benzaiten, Benzai Tennyo] is the Japanese Goddess of Everything That Flows.
" Benten is the goddess of everything that flows: water, words, speech, eloquence, music and by extension, knowledge. She is a beautiful dragon goddess of sex, fertility, love, and wealth, has dominion over all Earth's treasures, material and emotional. She brings happiness, wealth, and joy. Benten is the only female member of the Shichi Fujukin, the Seven Spirits of Good Fortune. Benten is revered in Shinto and Buddhist traditions. Daughter of a dragon king, Benten agreed to marry a child-devouring dragon if he would promise to change his diet, which he did. She lives happily with her dragon husband under Lake Biwa, near Kyoto. "
Source: crafty-witch.blogspot.com
