McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Daikoku

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Daikoku


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in Japanese mythology, is one of the four deities of wealth. He is the giver of happiness and prosperity, for with the hammer which he holds he can change everything he touches, and get anything he desires. He sits on a keg of rice, and beside him is a bag in which he preserves his treasures, and out of which he dispenses to his worshippers whatever they need, .