In the mists of time, before the world as we know it took shape, there was a realm of chaos and serenity coexisting in ...

At the beginning of the ancient chronicle Kojiki, Izanagi and Izanami form the Japanese archipelago together and bring many other deities into the world. Here we present a retelling of this legend.

Izanami’s Wrath. When Izanami died, Izanagi followed her to Yomi, the realm of the dead.At the doorway, where she greeted him, he said, “My beloved wife, the lands we were making are still ...

Izanami and Izanagi, by Kobayashi Eitaku c.1885 ... The politics of myth. These stories have a clear political consequence.

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is strikingly similar to the Japanese myth of Izanagi and Izanami: Izanagi travels to the underworld to retrieve his wife Izanami, who warns him not to look at her.

From chaos comes order; from nothing, everything. The deities are born first, including the male Izanagi and female Izanami. They dip a spear into the formless brine of the universe and the drips ...

Long ago, according to the Kojiki, the god Izanagi and goddess Izanami stirred the ocean with a spear.When they raised the spear’s blade, drips of saltwater hardened and formed Onokoro Island. The ...

In the "Kuniumi" creation myths of Japan which are included in Kojiki ... it is said that Awaji was the first 'Special Island' created by a god and a goddess called Izanagi and Izanami.