Izanagi
E152368
Izanagi is a central creator deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto tradition, known for forming the islands of Japan and fathering many kami, including the sun goddess Amaterasu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Izanagi canonical | 31 |
| Izanagi-no-Mikoto | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Izanagi Context triple: [Misogi, associatedWithDeity, Izanagi]
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A.
Ōkuninushi
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
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B.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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C.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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D.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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E.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Izanagi Target entity description: Izanagi is a central creator deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto tradition, known for forming the islands of Japan and fathering many kami, including the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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A.
Ōkuninushi
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
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B.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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C.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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D.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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E.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ deity ⓘ kami ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
life
ⓘ
purity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
creation of the world
ⓘ
order and purification ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese mythology
ⓘ
Shinto creation myth ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Izanami as goddess of death ⓘ |
| created |
Onogoro-shima
ⓘ
islands of Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| domain | creation and beginnings ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Yomi ⓘ |
| formsPairWith | Izanami ⓘ |
| fromLeftEyeCame | Amaterasu ⓘ |
| fromNoseCame | Susanoo ⓘ |
| fromRightEyeCame | Tsukuyomi ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Izanagi-no-Mikoto
ⓘ
linked to:
Izanagi
|
| influenced | later Japanese cosmology ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locationOfMisogi | river in Tachibana ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | Age of the Gods ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Amaterasu
ⓘ
Susanoo ⓘ Tsukuyomi ⓘ many other kami ⓘ |
| performed | misogi purification ⓘ |
| performedRitual |
kamiumi (birth of the gods)
ⓘ
kuniumi (birth of the land) ⓘ |
| purposeOfVisitToYomi | to retrieve Izanami ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| role |
creator of the Japanese islands
ⓘ
progenitor of many kami ⓘ |
| sealed | entrance to Yomi ⓘ |
| sealedYomiWith | large boulder ⓘ |
| siblingAndSpouse | Izanami ⓘ |
| spouse | Izanami ⓘ |
| usedToCreateLand | Ame-no-Nuboko ⓘ |
| visited | Yomi ⓘ |
| weapon | Ame-no-Nuboko ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | various Shinto shrines in Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Izanagi Description of subject: Izanagi is a central creator deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto tradition, known for forming the islands of Japan and fathering many kami, including the sun goddess Amaterasu.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
misogi
linked to: Izanagi
linked to: Izanagi
linked to: Izanagi
subject linked to:
Tachibana River in Himuka (as named in some traditions)
subject linked to:
Ōyashima (the eight great islands of Japan)
subject linked to:
moon god Tsukuyomi
subject linked to:
Taga Taisha shrine