izanami's

Updated: May 28, 2025

He finds Izanami's body in a state of putrefaction, and amid the decaying remains eight Kami of thunder have been born and are dwelling. Izanagi, horrified, turns and flees, but Izanami, enraged that she has been "put to shame," sends the "hideous hag of hades" to pursue him.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

The Records say that after Izanami's death in giving birth to the Kami of fire, she was buried at Mount Kagu on the confines of Izumo and Hoki. *In the language of ancient Japan ne meant "mountain," and Ne-no-Kuni signified simply "Land of Mountains."

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era