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Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命), [1] or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), [2] is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み ...
The version where Tsukuyomi was the killer explains why the sun and the moon are not seen together as Amaterasu, who heard of Ukemochi's passing, never wanted to meet her killer again, or he hides during the day out of fear of her wrath. Uma-no-ashi A tree with hidden horse's legs that kick passersby before withdrawing into the leaves to hide.
The three most important kami, the "Three Precious Children" (三貴子 mihashira no uzu no miko or sankishi) – the sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami, the moon deity Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and the storm god Susanoo-no-Mikoto – were born when Izanagi washed his left eye, his right eye, and his nose, respectively. [20] [21]
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In the last step of the purification ceremony, Izanagi washed his left eye from which the female deity Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神) was born; washed his right eye from which the genderless deity and spirit Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto (月読命) was born; and when washing his nose from which the male deity Takehaya-susano'o-no-mikoto ...
The main kami enshrined here is Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (月読命), the Shinto moon god. It was established in 593. The shrine's main festival is held annually on August 14. Mount Gassan is the tallest of the Three Mountains of Dewa and is famous for its natural scenery and beauty. The kanji for Gassan literally translates to "Moon Mountain".
Komoe Tsukuyomi is the homeroom teacher of Toma Kamijo's class. She is well-known for her height of 135 centimetres (53 in) yet is an adult who loves to drink beers and smoke cigarettes, and appears to be childish in her voice and mannerism as she contradicts her age in front of her students by ending her sentences with desu (a Japanese copula ...
Tsukiyomi Shrine (月読神社, Tsukiyomi jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan.It was named as a Myōjin Taisha (名神大社, lit "Great shrine for notable god") in the ancient Japanese religious book Engishiki.