People/Characters Ebisu

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Naruto, Volume 01: The Tests of the Ninja by Masashi Kishimoto
Myths and Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davis
Dorohedoro, Volume 1 by Q Hayashida
Dorohedoro, Volume 2 by Q Hayashida
Dorohedoro, Volume 3 by Q Hayashida
Dorohedoro, Volume 4 by Q Hayashida
Dorohedoro, Volume 5 by Q Hayashida
Dorohedoro, Volume 6 by Q Hayashida
Dorohedoro, Volume 9 by Q Hayashida
Meeting of the Gods of Poverty in a Dream by Issai Chozanshi

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Ebisu is one of The Seven Lucky Gods of Japan. As his cult has developed, he has been given been identified with other deities (Kotoronushi no Mikoto, Hiruko) and given different parents (Okuninushi, Izanagi & Izanami, and Dikokuten)

Originally the patron of fishermen and of animals such as whales and whale sharks which could drive shoals of fish into nearby nets, his cult expanded to make him a general god of luck and wealth.

He has a noticable limp and is hard of hearing, but he remains mirthful.
adapted from Mythology Source