Norse
Ymir
first giant, raw material of the world
Izanami
Japanese (Shinto) tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- creation of the islands, death
- Partner
- Izanagi
- Children
- Kagutsuchi, Ōwatatsumi
Key myth
She died giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi. In Yomi she had eaten food of the dead; Izanagi saw her decaying and fled, and she pursued him with the furies of Yomi.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Izanami: creation and first beings, death and the underworld. This is overlap in one area only.