Cult of Gods

Kagutsuchi

Japanese (Shinto) tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains
fire
Parents (per the sources used)
Izanagi and Izanami
Children
Takemikazuchi
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 'Sangoku ken', a 19th-century woodblock print.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 'Sangoku ken', a 19th-century woodblock print.

Key myth

His birth burned Izanami to death, and Izanagi killed him in grief. Other kami, including swords and rain, were born from the blood.

Primary sources

  • Kojiki, Book 1

All sources for the Japanese (Shinto) pantheon

Lineage in the sources used: Izanagi, Izanami.

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

IzanagiIzanamiAmaterasu ŌmikamiTsukuyomiSusanooKagutsuchiŌwatatsumiTakemikazuchiAme-no-UzumeŌkuninushiNinigiInari Ōkami

More traditions

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.NorsePapyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.EgyptianA chaos monster and a sun god, drawn by L. Gruner for A. H. Layard's Monuments of Nineveh.MesopotamianVishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.Hindu