Izanagi
Izanagi-No-Kami
Izanagi (Izanagi-No-Kami)
was the Japanese Shinto sky father, Primordial Creator god, and Initiator of the
cleansing rites who represented all that was light and heavenly.
The Male Who Invites
together with his wife and soulmate Izanami (Izanami-No-Kami), The
Female Who Invites, God Izanagi was given the task of creating the world.
Izanagi and Izanami
Painting by Eitaku Kobayashi circa 1885
Izanagi to the right, Izanami to the left
Top of Page
Izanagi and the Izanami stood together on the floating bridge of the heavens called
Ama-no-ukihashi and immersed a bejeweled spear deep into the sea.
As they gradually removed it
from the waves, water droplets condensed to form the first Japanese island where
the kami and humans were born.
After their laborious
endeavors together were finished, the Izanami needed a lengthy rest and
recuperation, so she retreated to the Otherworld for a long period of
time before returning to the Earthly realm to rejoin Izanagi...Deities Gods Goddesses
Read articles on
Deities Gods Goddesses
Ancient Cultures Archaeology,
Atlantis Atlantean,
Celts Celtic,
Egypt Egyptian,
Greece Greek Grecian,
Lemuria Lemurian Mu,
Maya Mayan,
Peru Peruvian,
Roma Roma Roman
Deities
Gods Goddesses Copyright ©
2002-2009 Maureen Grace Burns, Archangels Wisdom. All Rights Reserved.
Public Domain Image Izanagi and Izanami Painting by Eitaku Kobayashi circa 1885, Izanagi to the right, Izanami to the left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kobayashi_Izanami_and_izanagi.jpg].
Accessed March 20, 2007.
Top of Page
