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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. Izanami - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi-no-Mikoto burst out of the entrance and pushed a boulder in the mouth of the Yomotsuhirasaka (黄泉津平坂; cavern that was the entrance of Yomi) to create a separation between the world of the living and the world of the dead, as well as separating Izanagi from Izanami.

  4. Age of the Gods - Wikipedia

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    During birth, Kagutsuchi severely burned Izanami and eventually slipped away into the Land of Yomi, the underworld. "The tears Izanagi shed at the death of his wife brought forth further deities. Angered by the sight of the newly born fire kami who had been the cause of Izanami’s death, Izanagi drew his sword and decapitated the infant.

  5. Kamiumi - Wikipedia

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    According to the Kojiki, various gods were born from the relationship between Izanagi and Izanami until the fire deity, Kagu-tsuchi, at birth burned Izanami's genitals and wounded her fatally. [1] [2] Izanagi, witnessing the death of his beloved wife, in rage took the ten-grasp [nb 1] sabre and crushed his child, Kagutsuchi. [3]

  6. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    After Izanami's death, the myth of Izanagi's efforts to rescue her from Yomi, an underworld described in Japanese mythology, explains the origins of the cycle of birth and death. [1] After killing their child Kagutsuchi , Izanagi was still grief-stricken, so he undertook the task of finding a way to bring Izanami back from the dead. [ 10 ]

  7. Kuniumi - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi and Izanami decided to ascend to heaven and consult the primordial gods at Takamagahara about the ill-formed children that resulted from their union. The gods determined through divination that the female speaking first during the ceremony was the cause. So the couple returned to Onogoroshima island and repeated the rite encircling the ...

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  9. Japanese creation myth - Wikipedia

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    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]