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2 unusual facts about Tutelary deity


Tutelary deity

Almost every house in Bangkok has a miniature shrine housing this tutelary deity, known as a spirit house.

Guan Yu is a well-known tutelary from the Three Kingdoms period.



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Itsukushima Shrine

The shrine is dedicated to the three daughters of Susano-o no Mikoto, Shinto god of seas and storms, and brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu (tutelary deity of the Imperial Household).

Santero

A man who has undergone the Initiation known as "Kariocha" in the SanterĂ­a religion, also known as "making the Saint" (Spanish: Hacer Santo) where his tutelary deity is crowned over his head.

Sinsinwar

It has also been claimed that a Chandravanshi Yadav is said to have migrated from Bayana to the Deeg jungles and founded a village named Sinsini, named after the tutelary deity.