Definition of Izanami

1. Noun. Sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan.

Generic synonyms: Japanese Deity

Definition of Izanami

1. Proper noun. (mythology Shintoism) A Japanese creator goddess. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Izanami

Ixodes neotomae
Ixodes pacificus
Ixodes persulcatus
Ixodes pilosus
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodes scapularis
Ixodes spinipalpis
Ixodidae
Ixodoidea
Iyar
Iyora
Iyyar
Izaak Walton
Izanagi
Izanami
Izedi
Izedis
Izhevsk
Izhorian
Izhorians
Izmir
Izmirian
Iztaccíhuatl
Izzie
Izzy
J
J'ouvert
J's
J++

Literary usage of Izanami

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"487, l b. JACKSON, Andrew, president of the United Izanagi [e-za-nâ'-ghe], Japanese divinity, IX. 541, 1 b. izanami, Japanese divinity, IX. 541, 1 b. ..."

2. The Political Philosophy of Modern Shintō: A Study of the State Religion of by Daniel Clarence Holtom (1922)
"It is of special interest that the movements of izanami at the Tsukuba shrine ... The Earth-Mother character of izanami is likewise to be found in the ..."

3. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"Thereafter Izanagi-no-Mikoto went after izanami-no-Mikoto into the Land of Yomi, ... Then izanami- no-Mikoto, appearing still as she was when alive, ..."

4. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"Thereafter Izanagi-no-Mikoto went after izanami-no-Mikoto into the Land of Yomi, ... Then izanami- no-Mikoto, appearing still as she was when alive, ..."

5. Shinto, the Way of the Gods by William George Aston (1905)
"Izanagi and izanami belong to that stage of religious progress in which the ... The common parentage of Izanagi and izanami formed a link of union between ..."

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