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  2. Izanagi - Wikipedia

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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):

  3. Age of the Gods - Wikipedia

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    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."

  4. Kuniumi - Wikipedia

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    Izanami accepted the offer and Izanagi proposed that both should circle around the column Ame-no-mihashira in opposite directions, Izanami going right and Izanagi left and on meeting each other would perform sexual intercourse (maguwai (麻具波比)). However, when they met on the other side of the pillar, Izanami was the first to speak ...

  5. Izanami - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Kamiumi - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Kamiyonanayo - Wikipedia

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    The last generation formed by Izanagi and Izanami were the couple that would be responsible for the creation of the Japanese archipelago and would engender other deities . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] List of deities

  8. Izanagi Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi Jingū (伊弉諾神宮) is a Shinto shrine in the Taga neighborhood of the city of Awaji in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Awaji Province . The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 22.

  9. Ame-no-Nuboko - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi to the right, Izanami to the left. Ame-no-Nuboko (天沼矛 or 天之瓊矛 or 天瓊戈, "heavenly jeweled spear"), also known simply as the Tenkei (天瓊, "heavenly spear"), is the name given to the spear in Shinto used to raise the primordial land-mass, Onogoro-shima, from the sea. It is often represented as a naginata. [1]