The procreated gods first created Awaji-shima Island, followed by the islands such as Honshu the main land , Shikoku and Kyushu, and they also included gods of shinrabansho all things in nature, the whole creation such as gods of stone, tree, sea the god named Owatatsumi no Kami , water, wind, mountain the god named Oyamatsumi no Kami , field and fire. When Izanami died from the burns to her genital organ she had received while giving birth to Kagutsuchi , the god of fire, Izanagi killed Kagutsuchi from whose blood and dead body new gods were born and buried Izanami 's body in Hibanoyama mountain located on the border of the provinces of Izumo and Hahaki Hoki.
But since Izanagi could not give up the idea of seeing Izanami again, he visited yominokuni the land of the dead to see her, where he found Izanami decaying, infested with maggots and surrounded with gods of thunders Ikazuchi as a result of breaking a promise he had made to her that he would never look in while waiting.
At the sight of her appalling figure, Izanagi ran away from her. He managed to shake off Izanami , Ikazuchi and Yomotsu-shikome the ugly lady of Yomi who tried to catch him, by throwing peach fruits to which he later gave the god name, Okamuzumi no Mikoto at them. Izanagi then countered that he would create new people every day. This marked the beginning of the cycle of life and death. His trip to the underworld and being so close to the dead had made Izanagi feel more than a little unclean, so the first order of business was to purify himself in water.
In what was sure to have been a surprise to him, he gave birth to three gods as he washed his left eye, right eye and nose. These gods were Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi and Susano-o: the sun god, moon god and sea god, respectively.
Stories about Izanagi are found in two primary texts. One of these is the Kojiki, which is the oldest Japanese chronicle still in existence. It dates from approximately CE and contains much of the foundational mythology of Japan. The other is the Nihon Shoki , the second oldest book, dating from CE. This second book contains much more detail about the myths of Japan than the Kojiki. Izanagi and the stories he features in are still told to this day. The various gods of Shinto are also often referred to or referenced in television shows, video games and movies.
For example, Izanagi is one of the titular Personas in the massively popular video game Persona 4. Myths from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki are enacted in traditional theater shows and are popular attractions. Traditional artwork showing Izanagi and the creation of Japan is readily available and much-loved. Shinto is still the dominant religion in Japan, followed by Buddhism, so the stories of Izanami, his wife and many, many children remain relevant to the daily lives of Japanese people to this very day.
There are many rituals and festivals in Japan that keep gods like Izanagi alive in the minds of the Japanese people. Sign in. Log into your account. The stories of the gods Izanagi and Izanami, where Izanagi means "One who is invited" and Izanami "One who invites", are stories told by the books Nihongi and Kojiki created in the 8th century around the years , , these two books contain stories of mythological legends and also an account of historical events of the 8th century.
Basically Japanese mythology explains the creation of the world, how the gods and the origin of Japanese emperors arose. After the creation of heaven and earth, the higher gods should join a meeting to debate and decide on the fate of the earth, this is how the higher gods came to a conclusion of generating the presence of two divine beings at the existence and they called them Izanagi and Izanami, these two gods would represent the earth and the sky. The higher gods gave them a spear called Amenonuhoko and proposed to create their own homes.
Izanagi and Izanami went to the floating bridge in the sky and swung the spear of the sky amenonuhoko into the ocean. After they took the spear out of the water, the droplets that pigmented in the ocean formed an island called "Onogoro-Shima". On this island they fell in love with each other and decided to get married and have children. So they created a wedding ceremony and also created a sacred column that they went around in different directions, with Izanagi going on the right and Izanami going on the left.
After the wedding the couple had two children Hiruko and Awashima. Both were born imperfect and were placed in a boat that was carried by the currents of Onogoro-Shima. The couple decided to ask the higher gods for explanations and they said that the sexual encounter initiative had to come from Izanagi and not from Izanami.
In the wake of this achievement, the two saw their bodies complemented one another, and Izanagi proposed to Izanami so they might procreate. Izanami agreed, and the two began to prepare for the marriage ceremony.
Izanagi: How has your body been made? Izanami: My body is fully formed, except for a part which has not quite grown. Izanagi: My body is fully formed, except I have a part that has grown too much. If I place the part of my body that has grown too much, and plug the part of your body not yet grown, we will procreate lands and dominions. What say you to this? Translated from Kojiki. Izanagi and Izanami performed the first marriage ceremony by walking around the pillars of heaven and meeting in the center.
In the initial ceremony, Izanami spoke first; this was out of line, however, and caused the marriage to be improperly sealed. The children born of this union were illegitimate and deformed as a result. They performed the marriage ceremony once more, this time with Izanagi speaking first. With their marriage sealed properly this time, Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to the remaining Japanese islands as well as a host of gods - the first legitimate kami.
Despite this temporary happiness, the marriage would soon end in sorrow. The final god to be born of Izanami was the fire god Kagutsuchi, whose flames enveloped and killed his mother. Following this tragedy, a grieving Izanagi killed the child and fell into mourning. This land was defiled and impure, full of oni and other monsters.
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