Charm for bracelets, one of the series of 7 beads.
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Benzaiten (or Benten) — goddess of luck (particularly at sea), wisdom, art, love and thirst for knowledge, is portrayed as a girl with Biwa, the Japanese national instrument. Originally a goddess of Hinduism and Buddhism, Saraswati.
Seven lucky gods (jap. Citifocus-Ching) seven deities of good fortune Shinto. Very often depicted in netsuke figurines, floating on a boat. Their composition by origin is an "international team", so the part came from China, India, and the other part is Japanese.
Her origin is found in Hinduism, as she comes from the Hindu goddess Saraswati. While being the only female Fukujin in the modern grouping of seven Fukujin, she is named in various ways: Benzaiten, Benten, Bentensama , or Benzaitennyo. When she was adapted from Buddhism, she was given the attributes of talent, beauty and music among others. In many occasions her figure appears in the "Torii" (entrance of the temples). It is common to see her in the Japanese temples. She is represented as a smart, beautiful woman with all the aforementioned attributes. She carries a biwa, a Japanese traditional lute-like instrument and is normally accompanied by a white snake. She is the patron of artists, writers, dancers, and geisha, among others.
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