Raijin

Summary

Raijin ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,967 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Raijin is recorded as male^[2].
• thunder is named after Raijin^[3].
• kami is named after Raijin^[4].
• Raijin is a type of kami^[5].
• Raijin is a type of thunder deity^[6].
• Raijin's Commons category is recorded as Raijin^[7].
• Raijin's said to be the same as is recorded as Leigong^[8].
• Raijin's worshipped by is recorded as Shinto^[9].
• Raijin's depicted by is recorded as Fūjin and Raijin^[10].
• Raijin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '雷神'}^[11].
• Raijin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '雷神'}^[12].
• Raijin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '雷様'}^[13].
• Raijin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '雷電様'}^[14].
• Raijin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '雷公'}^[15].
• Raijin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kab', 'text': '鳴神'}^[16].
• Raijin's domain of saint or deity is recorded as thunder^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include kami^[5] and thunder deity^[6].

Origins

Things named after include thunder^[3], a type of meteorological phenomenon^[18] and kami^[4].

Influence

Things named for Raijin include Kaminarimon^[19], a sōmon^[20], in Japan^[21], founded in 1960^[22] and Kami-Nari Patera^[23], a volcano^[24].

Why It Matters

Raijin ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,967 views/month).^[1] Raijin has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] Raijin is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for Raijin include Kaminarimon^[19], a sōmon^[20], in Japan^[21], founded in 1960^[22] and Kami-Nari Patera^[23], a volcano^[24].