Deity
Yomotsu-Shikome
Yomotsu-Shikome is a Kojiki (712 CE) figure recorded in the Kokugakuin University Shinmei Database, appearing as the hag of Yomi who pursues Izanagi in the underworld passage.
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The hag of Yomi who pursues Izanagi as he flees the underworld in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Description
Yomotsu-Shikome is a figure registered in the Kokugakuin University Classical Cultures Project Shinmei Database. According to the database, the name is cited from the Kojiki (712 CE), upper scroll, in the passage on the Land of Yomi. In the narrative, the hag (or hags) of Yomi is dispatched by Izanami to pursue Izanagi as he flees the underworld, and is delayed by peaches thrown at the Yomotsu Hirasaka slope. The Nihon Shoki (720 CE) preserves a parallel account. IZANORA records the figure with the Yomi-passage citation as the anchor and adds relations to Izanagi, Izanami, and the Yomotsu Hirasaka boundary.
Sources
予母都志許売 よもつしこめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」予母都志許売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/yomotsushikome/黄泉 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
予母都志許売について、古事記黄泉国段で伊邪那美命の命を受け伊邪那岐命を追跡する黄泉国の女神群としての位置、黒御蔓・湯津津間櫛・桃の実で撃退される場面を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%84%E6%B3%89
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