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.
Kagutsuchi shinbutsu zue
Izanami
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Izanami, formally referred to with the honorific Izanami-no-Mikoto, is the creator of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess. She and her brother-husband I
Kagu-tsuchi
…also known as Hi-no-Kagutsuchi or Homusubi among other names, is the kami of fire in classical Japanese mythology. Kagutsuchi's birth burned his mother Izanami, causing her death. His father Izanagi, in his grief, beheaded Kagutsuchi with his sword, Ame no Ohabari (天之尾羽張), and cut his body into eight pieces…
Searching the Seas with the Tenkei (天瓊を以て滄海を探るの図, Tenkei o motte sōkai o saguru no zu). Painting by Kobayashi Eitaku, 1880-90 (MFA, Boston). Izanagi with the spear Amenonuhoko to the right, Izanami to the left.
Izanagi and Izanami in Yomi.
Amaterasu cave crop
Kuniteru Gozu dragon