Tsukuyomi
The moon god, sibling of Amaterasu the sun goddess and Susanoo the storm god.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (720 CE).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ame-no-Tajikarao, Amatsuhikone, Amatsukami, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Ishikori-dome no Mikoto, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Takemikazuchi, Kagu-tsuchi, Amefurikozō, Ushi, Ame-no-Fuyukinu, Omizunu, Ōkuninushi, Amenohoakari, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Takuhadachiji-hime, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Ame no Hohi, Ame no Wakahiko, Ame-no-Koyane, Kamimusubi, Tamakushi-hime, Ame-no-Minakanushi, Ame-no-Kumahito, Izanagi, Izanami, Izanami-no-mikoto, Yakusa-no-ikazuchi-no-kami, shikome, Pakhangba, Lainingthou Sanamahi, Nongshaba, Coyolxauhqui, Luna, Chandra, Selene, Nzambi Mpungu, Máni, Tēcciztēcatl, Iah, Igaluk/Alignak, Metztli, Chang E, Ame-no-Uzume, Amanojaku, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amanozako, Jesus Christ, Allah, Nzambici, Sin
- sibling of
- Hiruko, Kagutsuchi, Amaterasu, Susano'o, Amaterasu-ōmikami
- child of
- Izanagi, Izanami, Izanagi-no-mikoto
- enemy of
- Ukemochi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Shinto sun goddess, sister of Susanoo the storm god and Tsukuyomi the moon god.”
#4943 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“One of the variant legends in the Shoki relates that Amaterasu ordered her sibling Tsukuyomi to go down to the terrestrial world (Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, the "Central Land of Reed-Plains") and visit the goddess Ukemochi. When Ukemochi vomited foodstuffs out of her mouth and presented them to Tsukuyomi”
#12440 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“While he bathed, Izanagi gave birth to the sun goddess, Amaterasu, from his left eye, the moon god, Tsukuyomi, from his right eye, and the storm god, Susanoo, from his nose.”
#12683 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo”
#15572 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Male lunar gods are also common, such as Sin of the Mesopotamians, Turks and of the Egyptians (or the earlier Egyptian lunar deity Iah), Mani of the Germanic tribes, Tsukuyomi of the Japanese, Igaluk/Alignak of the Inuit, and the Hindu god Chandra.”
#18305 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001