Deity
Waka-Ikazuchi
Waka-Ikazuchi is a Kojiki (712 CE) deity name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Shinmei Database, appearing among the eight thunder deities of the Land of Yomi.
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One of the Eight Thunder Deities arising from Izanami's body in the Kojiki (712 CE) Yomi passage.
Description
Waka-Ikazuchi is a deity name registered in the Kokugakuin University Classical Cultures Project Shinmei Database. According to the database, the deity is cited from the Kojiki (712 CE), upper scroll, in the passage on the Land of Yomi. The figure appears among the Yakusa-no-Ikazuchi (Eight Thunder Deities) that arise from the decaying body of Izanami in the underworld. The Nihon Shoki (720 CE) preserves variant readings of the thunder-deity group. IZANORA records the deity with the Yomi-passage citation as the anchor and adds relations to Izanami and to the broader Eight Thunder Deities group.
Sources
若雷 わかいかづち／わかいかずち
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」若雷。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/wakaikazuchi/八雷神 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
若雷について、古事記黄泉国段で伊邪那美命の体に成った八雷神の一柱として、左手に成った神格としての位置を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E9%9B%B7%E7%A5%9E
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