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Deity

Izanami-no-mikoto

Publicly verified

A deity in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mythologies, serving as an entry point to shrines and sacred sites associated with petitions for matchmaking and safe childbirth.

Description

Izanami-no-Mikoto is understood as a deity referenced within the context of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mythologies. This entry is organized on the basis of names and ritual character recorded in these classical texts and shrine records, and functions as an entry point on the public graph rather than a definitive historical claim.

The domains of matchmaking and safe childbirth are presented not as claims about modern efficacy, but as categories for locating and mapping related shrines, temples, and the character attributed to this deity within actual worship contexts.

In IZANORA, rather than extending interpretation of the deity itself too broadly, we present what can be confirmed through the places where she is venerated, the legends in which she appears, and the relational links with other deities.

Genealogy

Sources

  • 古事記 上巻 国産み・黄泉段(伊邪那美命)

    Primary source

    太安万侶(撰)

    太安万侶撰「古事記」上巻、和銅5年(712年)成立。伊邪那美命の国産み・黄泉国での役割を記す。國學院大學 古典文化学事業 デジタル版古事記による。

    https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/
  • 伊邪那美命 関連社寺由緒資料

    Institutional source

    各社寺・公的機関

    伊邪那美命の祭祀・信仰上の性格を確認するための由緒資料。

  • Izanami-no-Mikoto — Wikidata Q11454

    Secondary source

    Wikidata contributors

    Wikidata structured data entry Q11454: Izanami-no-Mikoto. 開放知識グラフによる構造化データ。

    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11454
  • 伊邪那美命 - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    伊邪那美命の概要に関する二次整理。

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E9%82%AA%E9%82%A3%E7%BE%8E%E5%91%BD

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