Deity Izanagi and Izanami
Izanami
伊奘冉尊 zh 이자나미 ko
Goddess of Shinto religion
- Child of Omodaru and Ayakashikone
- Consort of Izanagi
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Izanami
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 21
Kinship in an account 21
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Ayakashikone deity of Shinto religion
- child of (father) Omodaru deity of Shinto religion
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parent of (mother) Amaterasu Sun goddess in Shinto - parent of (mother) Ame no Torifune
- parent of (mother) Chigaeshi Japanese deity
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parent of (mother) Ebisu Japanese god of fishers and luck - parent of (child) Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime God and Goddess pair of Sea Straits
- parent of (mother) Hiruko Japanese god
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parent of (mother) Kagutsuchi God of Fire - parent of (mother) Katakurokushin
- parent of (mother) Kayanohime Japanese goddess
- parent of (mother) Kukunochi Japanese deity
- parent of (mother) Ōgetsuhime Japanese deity
- parent of (mother) Ōgotooshio
- parent of (mother) Ōwatatsumi Japanese sea deity
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parent of (mother) Ōyamatsumi Japanese god - parent of (mother) Shinatsuhiko Japanese god
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parent of (mother) Susanoo Shinto deity -
parent of (mother) Tamanooya God of Jewelsmithing - parent of (mother) Tsukuyomi moon god in Shinto and Japanese mythology
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partner of (spouse) Izanagi deity of Shinto religion
Connections
How Izanami connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
21 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 18 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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