Izanagi and Izanami, the divine couple who shaped the islands of Japan, brought forth a host of kami — Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo among the greatest, alongside Kagutsuchi whose birth killed Izanami, the mountain lord Ōyamatsumi, Shinatsuhiko, Kukunochi, Ōgetsu-hime, Ebisu, and Awashima.
⚠ The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki disagree on whether Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo were born to both Izanagi and Izanami or emerged from Izanagi's purification alone.
Shinatsuhiko, the ancient wind kami born to Izanagi and Izanami in the Kojiki, was absorbed into the Buddhist-influenced figure of Fujin, who inherited the wind god's role while acquiring the iconic bag and fearsome green-skinned appearance from Greco-Buddhist artistic tradition.
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