"A god who migrated from Silla to Kyushu to give oracles to the people. Later deified as a guardian of samurai across Japan. Also called Yahata, or "a figure for gods to possess.""
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Hachiman is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people. The name means God of Eight Banners, referring to the eight heavenly banners that signaled the birth of the divine Emperor Ōjin. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove.