The Thousand Fortunes

Fortunes Worshipping

Before the Fall of the Kami, the tribes of humanity worshipped the Fortunes in a very primitive fashion. The Celestial beings did not really grasp the perceptions of mortals and did little to actually inform humans of what must be done, so religion was essentially a matter of trial and error. It would not be until the Kami appeared that the mortals would be instructed on proper worship. Prior to the Kami, the Isawa tribe were the foremost experts on worship of Fortunes and Ancestor-spirits, and they are still one of the more knowledgeable groups in the land. 

The Minor Fortunes

In addition to the Seven Fortunes, there were a large number of minor deities who carried out very specific duties within the Celestial Heavens and the Spirit Realms. Lesser Fortunes were invariably connected in some way to one of the Seven Fortunes, and it was believed the lesser Fortunes were created by the Seven to do their bidding or to embody certain aspects of their divinity. Some of the most important of these minor Fortunes included:

• Ekibyogami - Fortune of Plague and Pestilence
• Emma-O - Fortune of Death and Judge of the Dead, later sharing control of Meido with the Shi-Tien Yen-Wang
• Hachiman - Fortune of Battle
• Hamanari - Fortune of Fish and Generous Meals
• Haruhiko - Fortune of Fishermen
• Hiderigami - Fortune of Drought
• Hikora - Fortune of Oak
• Hofukushu - Fortune of Vengeance
• Hujokuko - Fortune of Fertility
• Inari - Fortune of Rice and Good Grain (canonically, Inari doesn't become a Fortune until the reign of Hantei Genji. In this timeline, Inari has always been a Fortune of Grain, with Rice joining the repertoire later)
• Isora - Fortune of the Seashore
• Jikoju - Fortune of the East Wind
• Jizo - Fortune of Mercy
• Kaze-no-kami - Fortune of Wind
• Kenro-ji-jin - Fortune of Soil
• Kojin - Fortune of the Kitchen and Housewives
• Komoku - Fortune of the West Wind
• Ko-no-hama - Fortune of Flowers
• Koshin - Fortune of Roads
• Kuroshin - Fortune of Agriculture
• Kyufoki - Fortune of Earthquakes
• Musubi-no-Kami - Fortune of Marriage
• Muzaka - Fortune of Enigmas
• Namaku - Fortune of Horses
• Nagiroko-to - Fortune of Compassion and Forgiveness
• Sengen - Fortune of Mount Sengen
• Suitengu - Fortune of the Sea
• Tamon - Fortune of the North Wind
• Toyouke-Omikami - Fortune of Grain
• Tsugumu - Fortune of Secrets
• Uzume - Fortune of Dancing
• Willow-Healing kami - A Tree spirit
• Yama-no-kami - Fortune of Stone
• Zocho - Fortune of the South Wind
  

Unnamed Minor Fortunes

• Fortune of Cherry Blossoms
• Fortune of Knots