Kagutsuchi
E620517
Kagutsuchi is the Shinto god of fire whose birth fatally burned his mother Izanami and led to significant events in Japanese mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kagutsuchi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6810500 — 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: Kagutsuchi Context triple: [Izanami, parentOf, Kagutsuchi]
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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.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
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C.
Izanami
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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D.
Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto
Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto is a prominent Shinto deity associated with thunder, swords, and martial valor, revered as a powerful protector and patron of warriors.
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E.
Yamata no Orochi
Yamata no Orochi is a legendary eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent-dragon from Japanese mythology, famed as a fearsome monster slain by the storm god Susanoo.
- 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: Kagutsuchi Target entity description: Kagutsuchi is the Shinto god of fire whose birth fatally burned his mother Izanami and led to significant events in Japanese mythology.
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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.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
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C.
Izanami
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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D.
Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto
Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto is a prominent Shinto deity associated with thunder, swords, and martial valor, revered as a powerful protector and patron of warriors.
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E.
Yamata no Orochi
Yamata no Orochi is a legendary eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent-dragon from Japanese mythology, famed as a fearsome monster slain by the storm god Susanoo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
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fire god ⓘ kami ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
conflagrations
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destructive fire ⓘ purifying fire ⓘ volcanoes ⓘ |
| birthEvent | burned his mother Izanami during childbirth ⓘ |
| bodyPartsTransformedInto |
mountains
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other deities ⓘ |
| bodyPartsTransformedInto | volcano-related kami ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese gods
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fire gods ⓘ kami of natural phenomena ⓘ |
| causeOf | death of Izanami ⓘ |
| consequenceOfBirth | Izanagi’s pollution and subsequent purification ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| deathCause | dismemberment by sword ⓘ |
| domain | fire ⓘ |
| father | Izanagi ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMythType | chthonic aspects through link to Yomi events ⓘ |
| indirectlyLeadsTo |
birth of Amaterasu from Izanagi’s purification
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birth of Susanoo from Izanagi’s purification ⓘ birth of Tsukuyomi from Izanagi’s purification ⓘ |
| killedBy | Izanagi ⓘ |
| mother | Izanami ⓘ |
| mythCycle | creation myths of Japan ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
catalyst for Izanagi’s journey to Yomi
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trigger for the separation of Izanagi and Izanami ⓘ |
| otherName |
Hi-no-Kagutsuchi
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Hinokagutsuchi-no-kami ⓘ Homusubi ⓘ
linked to:
Futsunushi
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| parent |
Izanagi
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Izanami ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| symbol |
burning sword
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flames ⓘ |
| textMention |
Kojiki
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Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainst | Totsuka-no-Tsurugi ⓘ |
| worshippedFor |
control of destructive flames
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protection from fire ⓘ safety of hearth and home ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Kagutsuchi Description of subject: Kagutsuchi is the Shinto god of fire whose birth fatally burned his mother Izanami and led to significant events in Japanese mythology.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.