Record of Ragnarok's Seven Gods of Fortune, also known as the Seven Lucky Gods, are a set of deities who oversee the world's good fortune. They also exact divine retribution on those who desecrate ...

Deities from Japan, China, and India evolved into the Seven Lucky Gods, who are popularly depicted aboard a treasure ship. A pilgrimage of seven temples and shrines, each dedicated to one of the ...

The fisherman god Ebisu, music goddess Benzaiten, and warrior god Bishamonten are among Japan’s Seven Gods of Fortune, which personify good luck. The deities have diverse origins in Shintō ...

After the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, the joya no kane bell-ringing ceremony commences with 108 ringing peels at shrines and temples across Japan. Meanwhile, masses of visitors ...

Cartoonist Joo Ho-min’s smash-hit comic strip “Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds” depicts a deceased man who is judged in seven hells for 49 days, guided by grim reapers and dark angels. The comic ...