Izanami
E156618
Izanami is a primordial Japanese goddess in Shinto mythology, known as the creator of many islands and deities alongside her consort Izanagi and as a ruler of the land of the dead after her death.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Izanami canonical | 23 |
| Izanami-no-Mikoto | 3 |
| Izanami (in Tsukuba belief system) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334987 — 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: Izanami Context triple: [Kojiki, describesDeity, Izanami]
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A.
Izanagi
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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B.
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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C.
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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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: Izanami Target entity description: Izanami is a primordial Japanese goddess in Shinto mythology, known as the creator of many islands and deities alongside her consort Izanagi and as a ruler of the land of the dead after her death.
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A.
Izanagi
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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B.
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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C.
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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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ kami ⓘ primordial deity ⓘ |
| afterlifeResidence | Yomi ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | kegare (ritual impurity) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yomi ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese goddesses
ⓘ
creator deities ⓘ death deities ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | burns from giving birth to Kagutsuchi ⓘ |
| consort | Izanagi ⓘ |
| created |
Japanese islands
ⓘ
numerous kami ⓘ Ōyashima (the eight great islands of Japan) ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| domain |
Yomi
ⓘ
creation ⓘ death ⓘ |
| etymology | "she who invites" ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced | later Japanese views of death and impurity ⓘ |
| mythType |
creation myth figure
ⓘ
death myth figure ⓘ |
| narrativeMotif |
descent to the underworld
ⓘ
taboo against looking at the dead ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Izanagi ⓘ |
| opposedVowByIzanagi | to create 1500 people every day ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Amaterasu
ⓘ
Kagutsuchi ⓘ Susanoo ⓘ Tsukuyomi ⓘ |
| partnerInCreation | Izanagi ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | land of Hinokawa ⓘ |
| relationshipToIzanagi |
co-creator of the world
ⓘ
estranged after descent to Yomi ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| role |
chthonic deity
ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ mother goddess ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Izanagi by a boulder at the entrance to Yomi ⓘ |
| spouse | Izanagi ⓘ |
| statusInYomi | ruler of the dead ⓘ |
| symbol | decay and impurity of death ⓘ |
| title |
Izanami-no-Mikoto
ⓘ
linked to:
Izanami
|
| vowedAction | to kill 1000 people every day ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | ancestral deity of 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: Izanami Description of subject: Izanami is a primordial Japanese goddess in Shinto mythology, known as the creator of many islands and deities alongside her consort Izanagi and as a ruler of the land of the dead after her death.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Izanami
linked to: Izanami
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:
Taga Taisha shrine
linked to: Izanami