Izanagi

Primordial male creator who, with Izanami, made the islands and gods of Japan.

Children

• Amaterasu
• Ebisu
• Kagutsuchi
• Susanoo
• Tsukuyomi

Children in alternative accounts

• Uka-no-mi-tama: Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.15: child produced when the pair were hungryNihongi I, Aston translation, I.15: child produced when the pair were hungry (primary)

Domains

• creation
• life

Powers

• Birth the islands of Japan
• Generate deities by ablution

Epithets

• 伊邪那岐命 japanese · Izanagi-no-Mikoto'The August Male Who Invites' — honorific -no-Mikoto form of the creatorKojiki, Book 1 (Kamiyo) (primary)
• 伊弉諾尊 japanese · Izanagi-no-MikotoNihon Shoki orthography of the male creator deityNihon Shoki, Jindai (Age of the Gods) (primary)
• 伊弉諾大神 japanese · Izanagi-no-Ōkami'Great Kami Izanagi' — enshrined title at Taga-taisha and Izanagi-jingūEngishiki, shrine registers (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: IzanamiPrimordial creator-pair; together they bear the islands and kami (Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Kagutsuchi, Ebisu already linked).Kojiki I (Izanagi and Izanami circle the heavenly pillar and wed); Nihon Shoki I (primary)
• enemy: IzanamiReciprocal of japanese_izanami.enemy — After her death and Izanagi's flight from Yomi, the estranged pair exchange the deathly curse; spouse-bond recorded on Izanagi's side.Kojiki I (the Yomi pursuit: Izanami vows to kill 1000 a day, Izanagi to give 1500 births); Nihon Shoki I (primary)

Sources

• existence: Kojiki, vol. 1, 712 CE (primary); Nihon Shoki, vol. 1, 720 CE (primary)