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	The Mermaid of the Great Sea by Norman A. Rubin (c)2005 MYTHOLOG
		Izanami sat quietly on the smooth rock and looked at her image on the calm sea as she combed from her shining fl hair all the little sea urchins and tiny crabs that clung to her tresses.
		Izanami's eyes were shining, and her dark flowing hair was wet and gleaming with the pearly drops of the waters.
		Izanami was startled when she looked towards the inlet and saw an ethereal figure in the sight of her eyes; a sight that delighted her and caused her body to quiver in ecstatic rapture.
	www.mytholog.com /fiction/rubin_mermaid.html (1838 words)

	Japanese mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was then buried on Mt. Hiba, at the border of the old provinces of Izumo and Hoki, near modern-day Yasugi of Shimane Prefecture.
		The fact that it was necessary for the male deity Izanagi to take the lead position while the female deity Izanami had to be second has led to the perception that this is an implied discrimination against the female gender.
		Izanami screamed from behind this impenetrable barricade and told Izanagi that if he left her she would destroy 1,000 residents of the living every day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_folklore (2803 words)

	Izanami - Demons, Demonology, and Evil of the Eastern and Asian Cultures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Izanagi was a tall & as strong as a willow sapling, while Izanami, his consort, was delicate in manner & speech, and as beautiful as the air that filled the High Plain of Heaven.
		Izanagi told Izanami that in order to do so, they would have to become man & wife by circling the earthly column - Izanami to the right & Izanagi to the left - & when they met at the other side of the column, they would then know each other.
		Izanami replied that if he was to do that, then she would retaliate with all her power & destroy 1000 of his people each day.
	www.deliriumsrealm.com /delirium/mythology/izanami.asp (909 words)

	Shinbutsudo: A Web Page for the Study of Japanese Religions
		Izanami told him that she would like to go back to the upper world with him, but that since she had already "eaten the food of Yomi," her ability to return with him was uncertain.
		Izanami is known as the kami of death, for obvious reasons.
		Izanami’s death shows that life is full of surprises and that the shape of human existence is continually changing.
	www.uwec.edu /philrel/shimbutsudo/izanami_izanagi.html (3749 words)

	Izanami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Izanami ("the female who invites") is the wife and sister of Izanagi.
		Furious, Izanami vowed to kill one thousand of Izanagi's subjects a day, and Izanagi vowed to create fifteen hundred new ones a day.
		Article "Izanami" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 16 January 2004 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/i/izanami.html (121 words)

	Izamani and Izanagi
		And finally Izanami began to give birth to the gods who would fashion and rule the world---gods of the sea and gods of the land, gods of the rain and wind.
		But when Izanami gave birth to the god of fire, she was so badly burned that she died.
		Izanami called after him, "Shame on you." She commanded the foul spirits of the Land of Gloom to slay him.
	www.angelfire.com /ma3/mythology/izana.html (597 words)

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		Izanami and Izanagi built a house upon Onokoro, and the central stone pillar of that house became the backbone of the world.
		Alas, then Izanami gave birth to the fire god known as Kagutsuchi, and his heat burned her so badly that she died and traveled to the land of the dead, Yomotsu-Kuni.
		Izanami heard her husband calling to her, but she knew he was too late.
	www.uexpress.com /printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20020901&uc_comic=ts (839 words)

	Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales: Izanami and the mountain by the sea, by Stephanie B., Age , Virginia
		Everyday Izanami would stand on the mountain by the sea to guard anything or anyone that would try and pass by her.
		Izanami tried so hard to stop Hydra from destroying the mountain but the dragon was to strong.
		Izanami was going to kill Hydra but she was such a malicious goddess that she couldn’t do it.
	teacher.scholastic.com /writewit/mff/myths_readrep.asp?id=9893&age (245 words)

	Story 4
		But when Izanami gave birth to the god of fire, she was badly burned and she died.
		Izanami scolded him, and commanded the spirits of the Land of Gloom to kill him.
		Izanami had almost caught up with Izanagi by the time he reached the pass between the land of the dead and the land of the living.
	students.ou.edu /M/Sara.L.Miller-1/story_4.html (859 words)

	The Eastern Empires - Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Izanami and Izanagi are the seventh generation descendants of the three divinities that came into being with the heavens and the earth.
		Izanagi, the male god, stood on the floating bridge of heaven and stirred the ocean with his lance until the water began to congeal and the island of Onokoro was formed.
		The morose Izanagi went to the Land of Darkness to visit her, but was bitterly chased away after Izanami grew angry at him for seeing her in a state of decay.
	www.citadelraven.com /ee/religion/japgods.cfm (3102 words)

	Racing Down-Under (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		“Izanami is by the same sire a Hollow Bullet and I don't think there is any doubt that she is going to stay,” McArdle said.
		Hollow Bullet and Izanami are by Japanese sire Tayasu Tayoshi, one of the few sons of the great stallion Sunday Silence to stand in Australia.
		Top Melbourne jockey Greg Childs was riding Izanami for the first time and was highly impressed by the acceleration she displayed to skirt the field from near last and win running away from Dai Ichi, another Melbourne filly trained by Tony Vasil, by two and quarter lengths.
	www.aapracingandsports.com.au /usa/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=62935 (639 words)

	mythology
		Unfortunately, Izanami died with the birth of Kagutsuchi, the fire god.
		Izanami explained that it was impossible to return to the living world because she had already "eaten from the food of the underworld".
		Izanami who was willingly to do so, had first to obtain permission from the deities.
	www.kitsunegaroo.com /mythology.asp (331 words)

	Shintoism Shinto Shrine Kami Way
		After their laborious endeavors together were finished, the Izanami needed a lengthy rest and recuperation, so she retreated to the Otherworld for a long period of time before returning to the Earthly realm to rejoin Izanagi.
		The daughter of the Creator god Izanagi and goddess Izanami, Amaterasu was known as "She Who Shines in the Heavens", "Illustrious Goddess" and "Ruler of the Plain of Heaven", and the Japanese Imperial family was descended from her.
		Izanagi retreated there in contemplative seclusion when Izanami remained in the Otherworld until she had fully healed and recuperated from the traumatic birth of the Shinto fire god Hi-No-Kagu-Tsuchi (Kagu-Tsuchi-No-Kami) There are two nine hundred year old camphor trees at the shrine which has been designated a natural prefectural monument called "husband and wife camphor".
	www.spiritsongs.org /Shintoism_Shinto_Shrine_Kami_Way.htm (7489 words)

	Myths from Around the World
		Izanagi and Izanami descended to the island they created and built a tall, sacred column.
		Izanami then gave birth to the eight islands of Japan, the mountains, the seasons, the gods of land and water and all the forms of nature.
		Izanami wailed that she would kill 1,000 people a day in revenge.
	teacher.scholastic.com /writewit/mff/japan.htm (291 words)

	mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Izanagi and Izanami descended from the heavens to this island and erecteda heavenly pillar and a spacious palace.hen they discovered that they were of different sexes and they circle round the heavenly pillar, themale going to the left and the female to the right, in order to consummate their marriage when they met.
		Unfortunately, in her delight and excitementIzanami spoke first when they met and said:"Oh, what a beatiful and amiable younth!" This angered Izanagi and the consequence was the procreation of two children who were in some way defective and whom their parents repudiated.
		After bearing the land, the two bore numerous deieties, but when Izanami gave birth to the god of fire, Kagutsuchi-no-kami, her genitals were burned so badly that she soon passed away to Yomi-no-kuni, the underworld and land of the dead.
	www.cem.msu.edu /~mochalki/japan.html (609 words)

	African Religions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Izanagi and Izanami then descended the spear and, walking around it, met, realized their sexuality, and gave birth to the islands of Japan, the natural environment, and various kami.
		With the birth of the kami of fire, Izanami's sex organs were burned and she died.
		I pray thee, do not thou look on me. Izanami did not give ear to her, but secretly took his many-toothed comb, and breaking off its end tooth, made of it a torch, and looked at her.
	www.mc.maricopa.edu /~kefir/shintoism/cosmogonic.html (360 words)

	Article - The Origin of Japan and her People - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved
		Izanami examined her body and found that one place had not grown, and she told this to Izanagi, who replied that his body was well-formed but that one place had grown to excess.
		Last, Izanami gave birth to the fire deity, and her genitals were so burned that she died.
		Izanagi grieved over Izanami, and a deity was born from his tears.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=1031_0_1_0_M (1390 words)

	Izanagi (Japanese Sun God)
		Izanagi mated with Izanami, the moon goddess and fathered all the main gods of modern Japan and with her created the islands and lands of what would be Japan.
		Izanagi followed them to return their children to the land of the living, but was so frightened of his wife's form as a rotting corpse that he left her and their last son, Emma-0, to rule the land of the dead.
		Izanami, the Moon Goddess and mother of of Izanagi's children has not appeared in the MU.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/izanag.htm (853 words)

	story5.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The god Izanagi and the goddess Izanami are the original creators of the land on earth.
		Izanagi and Izanami are actually brother and sister.
		Izanagi turned to Izanami and questioned "How should we explore the waters we see?" She responded with a gesture to the jeweled spear that sat on the opposite side of the bridge.
	students.ou.edu /R/Sarah.A.Rushing-1/story5.html (447 words)

	Izanami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Izanami is the mother of gods in Japanese Shinto mythology and the ancestress of the Japanese people.
		It was too late to bring her home anyway: she had eaten food in the land of the dead.
		Izanami was angry at her husband's reaction to her appearance, so they divorced on the spot and she pursued him with an army of demons to throw him out of her world.
	www.paralumun.com /izanami.htm (136 words)

	Hierarch Izanami
		Izanami (Izanami-No-Kami) was the Japanese Shinto earth mother, Primordial Creator goddess, who represented all that was gracious and heavenly.
		The Izanami and the Izanagi stood together on the floating bridge of the heavens called "Ama-no-ukihashi" and immersed a bejeweled spear deep into the sea.
		After their laborious creative endeavors together were finished, the Izanami needed a lengthy rest and recuperation, so she retreated to the Otherworld for a long period of time before returning to the Earthly realm to rejoin Izanagi.
	www.spiritsongs.org /Hierarchs_of_Twelve_Universal_Rays_Hierarch_Izanami_No_Kami.htm (551 words)

	Page2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Here Izanami had already eaten from the cooking-furnace of Yomi and so it was too late for her to return with Izanagi.
		Izanagi was very curious and so he could not obey Izanami's wish of not looking at her.
		Izanami began chasing Izanagi but he soon escaped from her and the Land of Yomi.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/japmyth/page2.html (196 words)

	The Kojiki - Izanagi, Izanami, and the Birth of Japan
		Izanagi and Izanami descended to the island and built themselves a palace and a ceremonial pillar.
		The Celestials decided that because the woman Izanami spoke first at the wedding ritual their union was corrupted.
		Mythology - The Kojiki - Izanagi, Izanami, and the Birth of Japan - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/mythology/115595
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology/115595 (454 words)

	Kami no Michi 7
		Izanagi and Izanami then descended to the earth where they made love after which Izanami spoke of the greatness of the act.
		The dangers of fire are shown by the fact that after the birth of the kami of fire, his mother Izanami became sick and died.
		After her death, the grief-stricken Izanagi followed Izanami into the underworld, the land of pollution, Yomi no Kuni, where she was beginning to decompose.
	www.csuchico.edu /~georgew/tsa/Kami_no_Michi_7.html (2085 words)

	Absynthe's Realm - Deities - Japanese
		His birth killed the creator goddess Izanami, and his father, the creator god Izanagi, was so enraged with grief that he killed the baby.
		The other gods and goddesses are their descendents, but when the god of fires was born he burned his mother to death.
		So it was that Izanami became the goddess of death and Izanagi the lord of life.
	www.witchrealm.net /japanese.html (547 words)

	Japan, this Island Earth
		All in the Family: Izanagi and Izanami, the siblings that brought forth Japan and its inhabitants.
		Upon the island, Izanagi and Izanami married, and gave forth progeny that were malformed.
		Izanami, having eaten the food of Yomi, could not return.
	www.livescience.com /history/top10_intelligent_designs-4.html (188 words)

	Japanese Gods and Goddesses
		God Izanagi and Goddess Izanami were married to each other.
		Izanami died when she gave birth to the god of fire from deadly burns during labor.
		But he should not turn his head and try to look at her until she would be back.
	www.artelino.com /articles/japanese_gods_and_goddesses.asp (855 words)

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