As Izanami lay dying from Kagutsuchi's fiery birth, deities emerged from her bodily fluids: Kanayamahiko from her vomit, Haniyasuhime from her feces, and Mizuhanome from her urine, as recorded in the Kojiki.
In the Nihon Shoki, Kagutsuchi and Haniyasuhime (earth goddess) unite and produce Wakumusubi, a food deity from whose body silkworms and the five grains emerge.
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