Futsunushi
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Futsunushi, also known as Iwainushi, is a warrior god in Japanese mythology. Also known under the epithet Katori Daimyōjin after his shrine in northern Chiba Prefecture, Katori Jingū, he is often reve
Surimono of Futsunushi, from the series "Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle" (Katsushika nijûshishô), by Yashima Gakutei
Inasa Beach (稲佐の浜 Inasa-no-hama) in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture
A double-edged straight sword (tsurugi) from the Kofun period (5th century)
Sobataka Shrine (Ōkura, Katori, Chiba Prefecture)
Kagu-tsuchi
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Kagutsuchi, also known as Hi-no-Kagutsuchi or Homusubi among other names, is the kami of fire in classical Japanese mythology.
Futsunushi
…account of Izanagi and Izanami's begetting of various gods (kamiumi) cited in the Nihon Shoki states that when Izanagi killed the newborn fire god Kagutsuchi (whose birth caused the death of his wife Izanami), the drops of blood from his sword congealed to form the rocks by the heavenly river (天の安河, ame no…
Kagutsuchi shinbutsu zue