In Japan, he amalgamated with Susanoo as he was a deity of ferocious nature and was enshrined at Yasaka-jinja Shrine in Gion, Kyoto and was worshiped as Joeki-shin (a god that protects against plague). 日本では、猛威ある御霊的神格を持っていることからスサノオと習合し、京都祇園の八坂神社に祀られ除疫神として尊崇された。 |