Hakudo Maru
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Hakudo Maru is the name of a celestial being in Japan
ese mythology
who is said to have come to Earth 5000 years ago and taught humans how to build ships.
The Japanese still attach the suffix -maru to ship names to gain the protection of, and show gratitude to, Hakudo Maru.
See also Japanese ship naming conventions
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
who is said to have come to Earth 5000 years ago and taught humans how to build ships.
The Japanese still attach the suffix -maru to ship names to gain the protection of, and show gratitude to, Hakudo Maru.
See also Japanese ship naming conventions
Japanese ship naming conventions
Japanese ship naming conventions are different from those in the West. Japanese warships have never been named after people. Prior to World War II, Japanese ship naming conventions underwent several changes before being settled.- Merchant ships :...