Benzaiten (Benten-sama)
Goddess of Music, Art, and Flow
Character Description
Benzaiten
Title: The Serpent-Tongued Muse Who Paints the River of Sound
Domains: Music, Art, Eloquence, Water, Flow
Symbols: Biwa lute, ink ripple, speaking shell, silver carp
Duties of Benzaiten
She inspires beauty and expression in all forms, guiding:
- Musicians, poets, and wandering storytellers
- Emotional expression through voice or brush
- Balance between form and spontaneity
- Sacred rivers and bodies of water
- Lovers of beauty in rebellion against silence
Earning Divine Favor
- Singing a song that changes a heart
- Creating art in a place of despair
- Letting tears, ink, or melody flow freely
- Taming anger through music
- Giving someone a voice they didn't know they had
Worship
Her shrines sit beside rivers or lakes, built in curves and open air.
Offerings include:
- Strings plucked in her name
- Paintings left to float downstream
- Words written and released into wind
- Lutes strummed at twilight