Hinokagutsuchi

deity earth Japanese single tradition · 3

Hinokagutsuchi is the Japanese fire god whose birth caused the death of his mother, the goddess Izanami. She was burnt to death giving birth to him.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in the Kojiki, an early 8th-century Japanese chronicle.

Relationships

sibling of
Fūjin, Raijin
child of
Izanami

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Sources

Source passages

“The Kojiki relates that the Japanese goddess Izanami was burnt to death giving birth to the fire god Hinokagutsuchi.”

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