The seven have long been depicted in painting, sculpture, song, and dance and began to be worshiped as a group several hundred years ago.
Ebisu is the deity of prosperity in one's occupation.
He is identified with a Buddhist deity who is a protector of the righteous and is usually depicted wearing a full suit of armor and carrying a miniature spear and pagoda (a symbol of Buddhism).
A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of the Muses." Alternatively the epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of the god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during the classical epoch of Greece.
Some deities, such as Apollo and Dionysus, revealed complex personalities and mixtures of functions, while others, such as Hestia (literally "hearth") and Helios (literally "sun"), were little more than personifications.
This is especially true in the case of chthonic deities and mother goddesses.
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