Izanami

Izanami

English

picture by Kobayashi Eitaku, with Izanami to the left, next to Izanagi

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 伊邪那美 (いざなみ, Izanami).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Proper noun

Izanami

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.

   Synonym: Izanami-no-Mikoto

Coordinate terms

• Amaterasu
• Ame-no-Uzume
• Kagutsuchi
• Ōyamatsumi
• Susanoo
• Tsukuyomi

Related terms

• Izanagi

Translations

Japanese creator goddess

Arabic: إِزَانَامِي‎ f (ʾizānāmī) Chinese: Mandarin: 伊奘冉尊 (Yīzàngrǎnzūn) Greek: Ιζανάμι f (Izanámi) Hebrew: אִיזָאנָמִי‎ f (Izánami) Japanese: 伊邪那美, 伊耶那美, 伊邪那美命, 伊弉冉尊, 伊弉冉, 伊弉弥 (いざなみ, Izanami) Korean: 이자나미 (Ijanami), 이자나미노 미코토 (Ijanamino mikoto) Lithuanian: Idzanamė f Persian: ایزانامی‎ (izânâmi) Russian: Идзана́ми f (Idzanámi) Tamil: இசநமி (icanami) Thai: อิซะนะมิ (ì-sá-ná-mí) Ukrainian: Ідзана́мі f (Idzanámi)

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Japanese

Romanization

Izanami

1. Rōmaji transcription of いざなみ