| In the early modern period, Benzaiten became considered one of the so called 'Seven Gods of Fortune' and was syncretized with Ugajin, the god of agriculture and cereals and many images were made depicting her as Ugajin (an elderly form with the head of a human and the body of a serpent). |
近世、いわゆる「七福神」の1つとして祀られる弁才天像は、農業神・穀物神である宇賀神と習合して、頭上に宇賀神像（人頭蛇身の老人像）をいただく形の像が多く見られる。 |