When Izanagi cut Kagutsuchi's body into eight pieces, each fragment became a mountain deity — Masaka-yama-tsu-mi from the head, Odo-yama-tsu-mi from the chest, Oku-yama-tsu-mi from the belly, Kura-yama-tsu-mi from the left hand, Shigi-yama-tsu-mi from the right hand, Ha-yama-tsu-mi from the left foot, Hara-yama-tsu-mi from the right foot, and To-yama-tsu-mi from the genitals.
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