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Izanagi and Izanami then decided to repeat the ritual, with Izanagi greeting Izanami first. This time, their union was a success, with Izanami giving birth to some of the various islands that comprise the Japanese archipelago (with the notable exceptions of Shikoku and Hokkaido), which include the following eight islands (in the following order):
Izanagi and Izanami in Yomi. Izanagi-no-Mikoto lamented the death of Izanami-no-Mikoto and undertook a journey to Yomi ("the shadowy land of the dead"). He searched for Izanami-no-Mikoto and found her. At first, Izanagi-no-Mikoto could not see her for the shadows hid her appearance. He asked her to return with him.
Descending down from the skies, Izanagi and Izanami create their home and create a central Heavenly August pillar. Deciding to populate the land, Izanagi circles the left side of the pillar while Izanami circles the right. Meeting each other on the other side of it, Izanami greets her love "oh, what a comely young man."
Izanagi and Izanami giving birth to Japan. Then two other gods arose: [5] Kuni-no-Tokotachi (国之常立神, Kuni-no-tokotachi-no-kami) and; Toyo-kumono (豊雲野神, Toyo-kumono-no-kami) These gods also emerged spontaneously, did not have a defined sex, did not have a partner, and hid at birth. [5]
In the myth neither Hokkaidō nor the Ryukyu Islands are mentioned as these were not known to the Japanese at the time of compiling the Kojiki. [6] Additionally, Izanagi and Izanami then gave birth to six islands: [6] [7] Kibi-no-kojima (吉備児島): Kojima Peninsula of Kibi (now in Okayama). Dubbed Takehikatawake (建日方別);
Izanagi: (伊邪那岐神) was a creation deity; he makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. [8]Izanami: (伊邪那美神) was a creation deity; she makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with her husband and brother, Izanagi.
Subsequently, Izanagi went to the land of Yomi (the world of the dead) to find Izanami, however when he found her, she had become a rotting corpse and from her parts other gods had arisen, causing the flight of Izanagi to the world of the living. [4] Then Izanagi performed the misogi ritual purification through which more gods are born. [5]
Izanagi and Izanami Ebisu ( えびす, 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎 ) , also transliterated Webisu ( ゑびす , see historical kana orthography ) or called Hiruko ( 蛭子 ) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami ( 事代主神 ) , is the Japanese god of fishermen and luck .