Yakusanoikazuchi
Yakusanoikazuchi or ikazuchi is a collective name for the eight kami of thunder in Japanese mythology. Each one represents a different type of storm.[1]
Ikazuchi (雷) literally means thunder in Japanese.[2]
Mythology[]
Some tellings say that the eight deities were from the maggots of Izanami's rotting corpse. Many versions of the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki state that Izanami send the Yomotsu-shikome, 150 warriors, and the eight thunder kami after him.[3][4]
List[]
- Ō-ikazuchi: (Great thunder) both the Kojiki states and the Nihon Shoki state that Ō-ikazuchi came from Izanami's head.
- Hono-ikazuchi: (Fire thunder) Both the Kojiki says that this kami came from Izanami's breasts.
- Kuro-ikazuchi: (Black thunder) The Kojiki says says that this deity came from Izanami's belly however, the Nikon Shoki says that Kuro-ikazuchi was in Izanami's rectum.
- Saku-ikazuchi: (Cleaving thunder)
- Waka-ikazuchi: (Young thunder)
- Tsuchi-ikazuchi: (Earth thunder)
- Naru-ikazuchi: (Rumbling thunder)
- Fuchi-ikazuchi: (Couchant thunder)[5]
References[]
- ^ Fr?d?ric, Louis; Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ^ "JapanDict Japanese dictionary - Definition of 雷". www.japandict.com.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Yakusanoikazuchi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp.
- ^ Williams, George (2009). Shinto. Infobase Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4381-0646-5.
- ^ Herbert, Jean (2010-10-18). Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-90376-2.
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