Izanami and Izanagi
Japanese Terms
Creation
World
Other
100

Generation in which Izanagi and Izanami were created.

7th

100

Term for a god, deity

Kami

100

This was the state of the Universe before the creation of the Heaven and the Earth.

Chaos

100

This was used by Izanagi to block the land of the dead from the land of the living.

Huge boulder

100

The Three Precious Children consist of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and _______

Susano'o

200

Upon giving birth, Izanami was fatally wounded by this deity

Kagutsuchi (God of Fire)

200

Term for the underworld

Yomi

200

According to creation myth, the heavier particles formed this.

Earth

200

These natural features emerged as a result of Kagutsuchi being cut into eight parts.

Volcanoes

200

This is the condition Izanagi violated when bringing Izanami up from the underworld.

Not looking back at her

300

Izanagi threw this fruit to ward off the demons in the underworld.

Peach

300

Term for demonic warrior women

Yomotsu-Shikome

300

The Japanese archipelago is traditionally said to have been created by this weapon.

Spear

300

Izanagi performed misogi in this.

River

300

The number of kami created by Izanagi in the Shinto Purification Ritual, following his return from the underworld

Twenty-three

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