Raijin
deity sky Japanese single tradition · 3
Raijin is a Japanese god born to Izanami while she was dead in the underworld realm of Yomi-no-Kuni. He is one of the gods given birth by the goddess of death.
↻ 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
- co occurs with
- Enma-Dai-Ō, Yeomra, Yama, Izanagi, Shinigami, Jeoseungsaja, Ganglim, Izanami, Yanluo Wang, Diêm La Vương
- sibling of
- Fūjin, Hinokagutsuchi
- child of
- Izanami
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“she promised she would take a thousand lives every day, becoming a goddess of death, as well as giving birth to the gods, Raijin and Fūjin, while dead.”
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