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ID: 901000066
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000066
Record Type: Character/Person

Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist character)

Note: In Japanese Buddhist mythology, the fierce form of the Buddha Vairocana, and the most important of the Myō-ō class of deities.

Names:
Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Fudō Myō-ō (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
Fudō Myōō (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
Acalanātha-Vidyārāja (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
不動明王 (Buddhist character) (Chinese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist character) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Buddha
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]
associated with .... Kongōyasha Myōō
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Kongōyasha Myōō (Buddhist character)) [901002330]
associated with .... Gundari Myōō
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Gundari Myōō (Buddhist character)) [901002329]
associated with .... Daiitoku Myōō
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Daiitoku Myōō (Buddhist character)) [901002331]
associated with .... Aizen Myōō
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Aizen Myōō (Buddhist character)) [901002326]
associated with .... Gōzanze Myōō
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Gōzanze Myōō (Buddhist character)) [901002327]
has as follower .... Kongara Doji
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Kongara Doji (Buddhist character)) [901002332]
has as follower .... Seitaka Doji
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Seitaka Doji (Buddhist character)) [901002333]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist character)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Fudō Myō-ō (Buddhist character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Fudō Myōō (Buddhist character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Acalanātha-Vidyārāja (Buddhist character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015017934
不動明王 (Buddhist character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Fudō Myō-ō," accessed 10 January 2011
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) https://lccn.loc.gov/no2015017934

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