Izanami
Izanami is a deity in Japanese mythology who is the parent of Ebisu, though she disowned Ebisu for being deformed.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (720 CE).
Relationships
- parent of
- Ebisu, Kagu-tsuchi, Ho-Musubi, Tsukuyomi, Hiruko, Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi, Tsukiyomi, Susano'o, Hinokagutsuchi, Raijin, Fūjin
- co occurs with
- Quetzalcoatl, Persephone, Baldr, Tezcatlipōca, Höðr, Lanikuala, Kaili, 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, Izanami-no-mikoto, Izanami-no-Kami, Shinigami, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Jeoseungsaja, Ganglim, Hinokagutsuchi, Raijin, Yanluo Wang, Diêm La Vương, Enma-Dai-Ō, Yeomra, Enenra, Yama, Horse-Face, Ox-Head, Mara, Dōsojin, Ištar
- sibling of
- Izanagi
- consort of
- Izanagi
- manifested by
- Atago Gongen
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“one of Izanagi and Izanami's first children, though they disowned him for being deformed.”
#5023 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“These examples include Baldr in Norse mythology and the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl in Aztec mythology to the Japanese Izanami. 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.”
#12062 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Kojiki, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo were born when Izanagi went to "[the plain of] Awagihara by the river-mouth of Tachibana in Himuka in [the island of] Tsukushi" and bathed (misogi) in the river to purify himself after visiting Yomi, the underworld, in a failed attempt to rescue his deceased wife, Izanami.”
#12436 · 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.”
#12686 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Shinto and Japanese mythology, Izanami gave humans death, so she is sometimes seen as a shinigami. However, Izanami and Yama are also thought to be different from the death gods in Western mythology.”
#13759 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5