Izanagi-no-mikoto
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Izanagi-no-mikoto sought to leave after going to the realm of the dead (Yomi no Kuni) to visit his spouse Izanami-no-mikoto. He was chased by the demoness Yomotsushikome. To stop her, he threw her a stick from which Sae no Kami was born.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), compiled in 720 CE.
Relationships
- parent of
- Sae no kami, Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Kukunochi, Kaya-no-hime, Amaterasu, Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Ōhirume-no-Muchi, Hiruko, Susanoo no Mikoto, Susano'o
- enemy of
- Yomotsu-shikome, Yakusa-no-ikazuchi-no-kami, shikome
- co occurs with
- Izanami-no-mikoto, Ukemochi, Ōgetsuhime, Takami-Musubi-no-Kami, Kami-Musubi-no-Kami, Hoori-no-Mikoto, Hoderi-no-Mikoto, Hosuseri-no-Mikoto, Ukemochi-no-Kami, Ōgetsuhime-no-Kami, Dōsojin, Jizō, Ame-no-Minakanushi
- consort of
- Izanami-no-mikoto
- creator of
- Amaterasu-ōmikami
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“When one of the kami, Izanagi-no-mikoto, sought to leave after going to the realm of the dead (Yomi no Kuni) to visit his spouse Izanami-no-mikoto, he was chased by the demoness Yomotsushikome (黄泉醜女, lit. Yomi ugly woman). To stop her, he threw her a stick from which Sae no Kami was born.”
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