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Kagutsuchi
Shintō deity
Also known as: Homusubi
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relationship to Izanagi and Izanami
- In Izanagi and Izanami
…birth to the fire god, Kagutsuchi (or Homusubi), Izanami was fatally burned and went to Yomi, the land of darkness. The grief-stricken Izanagi followed her there, but she had eaten the food of that place and could not leave. She became angry when he lit a fire and saw her…
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