Izanagi
Izanagi is a deity in Japanese mythology who is the parent of Ebisu, though he disowned Ebisu for being deformed.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Kojiki (712 CE).
Relationships
- parent of
- Ebisu, Chimata-no-kami, Tsukuyomi, Hiruko, Kagutsuchi, Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Susano'o, Amaterasu-ōmikami
- co occurs with
- Sarutahiko, Quetzalcoatl, Persephone, Baldr, Tezcatlipōca, Höðr, Lanikuala, Kaili, Ho-Musubi, Ōhirume-no-Muchi, Amaterasu Ō(mi)kami, Amaterasu Ōhirume no Mikoto, Hi-no-Kami, Sume(ra)-Ō(mi)kami, Amaterasu Sume(ra) Ō(mi)kami, Amaterashimasu-Sume(ra)-Ōmikami, Tenshō Daijin, Amateru Ongami, three Munakata goddesses, Wakahirume-no-Mikoto, Izanami-no-mikoto, Izanami-no-Kami, Izanami, Shinigami, Ganglim, Hinokagutsuchi, Raijin, Jeoseungsaja, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Ukemochi, Enenra, Kagu-tsuchi, Yama, Fūjin, Dōsojin, Ištar
- sibling of
- Izanami
- consort of
- Izanami
- creator of
- Chimata-no-kami
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“one of Izanagi and Izanami's first children, though they disowned him for being deformed.”
#5022 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Chimata-no-kami (岐の神, god of crossroads), according to the Kojiki, was born when kami Izanagi threw away his trousers to wash himself after returning from Yomi, the land of the dead.”
#9304 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Japanese god Izanami dies giving birth to the child Kagu-tsuchi (incarnation of fire) or Ho-Musubi (causer of fire) and Izanagi goes to Yomi, the land of gloom, to retrieve her, but she has already changed to a deteriorated state and Izanagi will not bring her back, and she pursues Izanagi, but he manages to escape.”
#12065 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“When Susanoo, the youngest of the three divine siblings, was expelled by his father Izanagi for his troublesome nature and incessant wailing on account of missing his deceased mother Izanami, he first went up to Takamagahara to say farewell to Amaterasu.”
#12445 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“While similar in many aspects, the version of the tale of Izanagi and Izanami in the Nihonshoki differs from the Kojiki version in that Izanagi does not descend into the Underworld (Yomi), instead residing permanently on the island of Awaji in a temple.”
#12685 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001