Hakudo Maru

Hakudo Maru is the name of a celestial being in Japanese mythology who is said to have come to Earth 5000 years ago and taught humans how to build ships.

The Japanese still attach the suffix -maru to ship names to gain the protection of, and show gratitude to, Hakudo Maru.

Japanese mythology

Mythic texts	Kojiki Nihon Shoki Fudoki Kujiki Kogo Shūi Hotsuma Tsutae Nihon Ryōiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Shintōshū

Japanese creation myth	Kotoamatsukami Kamiyo (Kamiyonanayo) Kuniumi Kamiumi Izanami Izanagi Kagutsuchi Watatsumi Shinigami

Takamagahara mythology	Amaterasu Susanoo Tsukuyomi Ame-no-Uzume

Izumo mythology	Yamata no Orochi Hare of Inaba Ōkuninushi

Hyūga mythology	Tenson kōrin Ninigi Konohanasakuya-hime Hoderi Hoori Toyotama-hime Ugayafukiaezu

Human age	Emperor Jimmu Tagishimimi Kesshi Hachidai

Mythical locations	Ryūgū-jō Takama-ga-hara Amano-Iwato Yomi Ashihara no Nakatsukuni

Major Buddhist figures	Amida Nyorai Daruma Five Dhyani Buddhas

Seven Lucky Gods	Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fukurokuju Hotei Jurōjin Kisshōten

Shinto deities Japanese deities Sacred objects Japanese religions

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