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🟢 A Tragic Separation of a Married Couple
The one who pursued him to the very end was Izanami, transformed beyond recognition.
Furious, Izanami cried out, “How dare you shame me like this!”
Izanaki blocked the entrance to Yomotsu Hirasaka with the Chibiki Rock—
a colossal stone so massive it would take a thousand people to move.
🟢 The Couple’s Exchange of Curses
With the rock between them, the two hurled curses at one another.
Izanami said,
“My beloved husband, if you do such a thing, I shall strangle a thousand people of your land each day.”
Izanaki replied,
“My beloved wife, if you do that, then I will build a thousand five hundred birthing huts each day.”
And so it came to pass that every day, a thousand people would die, and a thousand five hundred would be born.
🟢 The Final Divide Between This World and the Other
Thus, the couple was separated forever.
The passage between the world of the living and the world of the dead was completely sealed.
Izanami became the Kami of the land of Yomi,
and was known as Yomotsu Ōkami.
The Chibiki Rock was given the name Chigaeshino ōkami, the Great Kami who turns back the path.
↓ Izanami Episodes
↓ Izanaki Episodes
Kami on this site were character-designed and illustrated by Tokura Kura. Since the Kojiki contains no descriptions or illustrations of Kami’s physical appearances, they are depicted based on imagination.
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