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Tsukiyomi

Shintō deity

Also known as: Tsuki-yomi, Tsukiyomi no Mikoto

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In Izanagi and Izanami
…left eye, the moon god Tsukiyomi was born from his right eye, and the storm god Susanoo was born from his nose. In the Shintō religion, Izanagi’s bath is regarded as the founding of harai, the important ritual purification practices of Shintō.
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Ukemochi no Kami

In Ukemochi no Kami
…of Japan”), the moon god, Tsukiyomi, was dispatched to earth by his sister, the sun goddess Amaterasu, to visit Ukemochi no Kami. (According to the Kojiki, “Records of Ancient Matters,” it was another brother, the storm god Susanoo, who was sent on the mission.) The food goddess welcomed him by…
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