Japanese Mythology

Who is Kagutsuchi?

• He was the incarnation (physical form) of fire

• He was the leech child

• He had no mother or father

• It was born with 4 arms

What problem occurred when Izanagi gave birth to Kagutushi?

• She was burned to death because the baby was made of fire

• Izanagi had a heart attack

• The baby attacked and killed its mother

• Izanagi was burned to death by the other Kami

How did Izanami react to his Kagutushi's birth?

• He cut him into 8 pieces with his sword

• He put the baby together with magic

• He was glad because he had a baby made of fire

• He hid from the child

What happened to the Kagutushi's body?

• Each piece became one of Japans 8 volcanoes

• Each piece of his body was hidden in a volcano

• The fire babies death caused all the volcanoes in Japan to erupt

• It became the 4 islands of japan

How were the god of the sea and rain born?

• They were created from the blood of the Kagutushi

• Izanami created them to replace his fire baby

• They appeared after the death of Izanagi

• They were born from Izanagi

What did Izanami do after he killed his son?

• He went to the underworld to bring his wife back.

• He committed suicide

• He returned back home from the underworld

• He lived by himself forever

Why couldn't Izanagi return to the land of the living?

• She could not return because she had already eaten food from the dead

• She could not because she was made of shadows now

• Izanagi had fallen in love with someone else

• Izanagi was not allowed to leave

What happened after Izanami looked at Izanagi when she was in the underworld?

• She sent out monsters after Izanami

• She ate him

• They had an epic battle

• Izanami threw lighting bolts at the monster

"She who invites"; primordial female parent god

• Izanami

• Izanagi

• Ninigi

• Emperor Jimmu

"He who invites"; primordial male parent god.

• Izanagi

• Izanami

• Ninigi

• Emperor Jimmu