Hi.
Could someone correct my English?
"Binbohgami - The God of Poverty"
Binboh means poverty and kami(gami is from kami) means god. It is considered that people who are possessed by binbohgami fall into poverty. There used to be some events about the god, but most of them are fading away.
When I was a kid, I was told that sharpening both sides of a pencil attracts bingohgami.
Nowadays, if a company which you just join became bankrupt suddenly, and this situation was repeated several occasions, you would be called binbohgami as a joke.
There is a twin god of binbohgami which is called fukunokami. This god is considered to bring good luck.
And there is another god called yakubyohgami. This god brings plague.
Frankly speaking, I don’t understand why monotheistic religion can have only one god because Japan has many gods here. The Japanese word kami is usually translated as god, but kami might be somehow different in concept from your god.
Thank you.
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