
Deity
Izanami-no-mikoto
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.
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- Izusan Shrine伊豆山神社
- Taga-taisha多賀大社
- Taga Gu多賀宮
- Ameku Shrine天久宮
- Iya Shrine揖夜神社
- Shingu Kumano jinja新宮熊野神社
- Fu Tenmangu普天満宮
- Hibayama-jinja比婆山神社
- Okinogu沖宮
- Naminoue-gu波上宮
- Kumano Taisha (Izumo)熊野大社
- Kumano Hongu Taisha熊野本宮大社
- Kumano Motomiya Sha熊野本宮社
- Kumano Shrine (Yamagata)熊野神社
- Kumano Wakamiya jinja熊野若宮神社
- Kumano Hayatama Taisha熊野速玉大社
- Kumano Nachi Taisha熊野那智大社
- Kumano Nachi jinja熊野那智神社
- Tamaki Shrine玉置神社
- Iwasaka Jinmei jinja磐境神明神社
- Kamosu Shrine神魂神社
- Akiha Grand Shrine (Akihasanyama Hongu Akiha Shrine)秋葉山本宮秋葉神社
- Tsukubasan Shrine筑波山神社
- Onokorojima Shrine自凝島神社
- Hananoiwaya-jinja花窟神社
- Shikina Gu識名宮
- Kiri Shima Higashi jinja霧島東神社
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 sourceWikidata 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 sourceWikipedia 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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