Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami (Shinto deity)

Izanagi no Ōkami

伊邪那岐大神いざなぎのおおかみ

An illustration of Izanagi no Ōkami created for this site
An original illustration made for this site.

In the Kojiki, paired with Izanami no Kami, he takes on the role of shaping the land and giving birth to the islands and the kami. Ise Jingū also introduces Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto as the kami who gave birth to the land and to nature.

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The birth of the land and the kami

In the Kojiki, paired with Izanami no Kami, he takes on the role of shaping the land and giving birth to the islands and the kami. Ise Jingū also introduces Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto as the kami who gave birth to the land and to nature.

Source: 國學院大學・伊勢神宮

Prayers to the parent kami of life

Taga Taisha enshrines Izanagi no Ōkami and Izanami no Ōkami together and introduces faith in long life, the forming of bonds, and warding off misfortune. This reflects the shrine's tradition of prayer, which reveres the two kami as the parent kami of life.

Source: 多賀大社

Returning from Yomi and performing misogi

There is a story in which he goes to Yomi in pursuit of the deceased Izanami no Kami and, after his return, performs misogi (ritual purification). In the Kojiki, many kami are born from this purification, and the Three Noble Children, Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto, and Susanoo no Mikoto, appear.

Source: 國學院大學

An example of a chant (in Japanese)

祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え

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Sources (in Japanese)