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Kagutsuchi

Japanese · deity · primordial · Recorded classification

Fire kami whose birth killed Izanami; beheaded by Izanagi.

Parentage

parent: Izanagi
parent: Izanami

Domains

fire

Powers

Embody and burn as elemental fire

Epithets

火之迦具土神 japanese · Hi-no-Kagutsuchi-no-Kami'Fire-Shining-Swift Deity' — the fire kami whose birth killed IzanamiKojiki, Book 1 (primary)
火産霊 japanese · Homusubi'Fire-Producing-Spirit' — alternate name of the fire deityNihon Shoki, Jindai (primary)
火之夜藝速男神 japanese · Hi-no-Yagihayao-no-Kami'Fire-Burning-Swift-Male Deity' — first of his three Kojiki namesKojiki, Book 1 (primary)

Relations

sibling: EbisuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Izanagi & Izanami) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

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

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