Izanami-no-mikoto

deity underworld Japanese single tradition · 3

Izanami-no-mikoto is the spouse of Izanagi-no-mikoto. Izanagi-no-mikoto sought to leave after going to the realm of the dead (Yomi no Kuni) to visit her.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.

Relationships

consort of
Izanagi-no-mikoto

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Sources

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).”

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