Kuroikazuchi

Kuroikazuchi (黒雷) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section on the Land of Yomi. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. He is one of the eight thunder deities (yakusa-no-ikazuchi) formed on the body of Izanami in Yomi; commentaries place him as the deity born from her belly. The name element "kuro" denotes black thunder, the lightning of dark clouds. Siblings include Oikazuchi, Hoikazuchi, Sakuikazuchi, Wakaikazuchi, Tsuchiikazuchi, Narukazuchi, and Fushiikazuchi. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.