Kagu-tsuchi
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Kagutsuchi (カグツチ; Old Japanese: Kagututi), also known as Hi-no-Kagutsuchi or Homusubi among other names, is the kami of fire in classical Japanese mythology.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Japanese
- Deity.name
- Kagutsuchi
- Deity.deity_of
- God of Fire
- Deity.script_name
- Japanese
- Deity.script
- 火之迦具土神
- Deity.other_names
- Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto (軻遇突智命, 加具土命)Homusubi (火産霊)Hi-no-Yagihayao-no-Kami (火之夜藝速男神)Hi-no-Yakihayao-no-Mikoto-no-Kami (火焼速男命神)Hi-no-Yakihiko-no-Kami (火焼彦神)Ho-no-Yakezumi-no-Kami (火焼炭神)
- Deity.cult_center
- Honoo-Honome Shrine, Ubuta Shrine, Hananoiwaya Shrine, Akiha Shrine, and others
- Deity.parents
- Izanagi (father)Izanami (mother)
- Deity.image
- File:Kagutsuchi shinbutsu-zue.jpg
- Deity.offspring
- Nesaku, Takemikazuchi, Kuraokami and others
- Deity.gender
- Male
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Kagutsuchi (カグツチ; Old Japanese: Kagututi), also known as Hi-no-Kagutsuchi or Homusubi among other names, is the kami of fire in classical Japanese mythology.
==Mythology== Kagutsuchi's birth burned his mother Izanami, causing her death. His father Izanagi, in his grief, beheaded Kagutsuchi with his sword, Ame no Ohabari (天之尾羽張), and cut his body into eight pieces, which became eight volcanoes. Kagutsuchi's corpse created numerous deities, which typically includes Watatsumi, Kuraokami, Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, and Ōyamatsumi.
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