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She died shortly after the birth of Kagu-tsuchi, and Izanagi followed her to the underworld, but failed to bring her back to the living world.

Izanami (伊弉冉 or 伊邪那美) Izanagi’s wife and sister, she is the first female as well as the goddess of creation and death.

Later, after his failed attempt to retrieve her from the underworld, he sired Amaterasu, Susanoo and Tsukuyomi. He and his wife, Izanami, were responsible for the birth of the islands of Japan and many kami, though she died in childbirth.

Izanagi (伊弊諾 or 伊邪那岐) The forefather of the gods, he is the first male as well as the god of creation and life.They are often identified with the Ukanomitama and Buddhist deity Dakiniten. Their messengers and symbolic animal are foxes. Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility.His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove. Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan. Hachiman (八幡神) Also known as Hachiman-shin or Yawata no Kami, he is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people.He is often depicted as an oni with a bag slung over his back. Fūjin (風神) Also known as Kami-no-Kaze, he is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods, said to have been present at the creation of the world.Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry, instrumental to the “missing sun motif” in Shinto. She is also known as The Great Persuader and The Heavenly Alarming Female.

For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the “primary god” of Shinto.

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Her full name means “Great Goddess” or “Great Spirit Who Shines in the Heavens” she may also be referred to as Ōhiru-menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神).

Amaterasu-Ō-Mi-Kami (天照大神 or 天照大御神) Commonly called Amaterasu, she is the goddess of the sun as well as the purported ancestress of the Imperial Household of Japan.

From left to right: Hotei, Jurōjin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Daikokuten, Ebisu Major kami

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