Izanami
c. 712 CE – 2026 CEattested
Izumo
- Japanese
Co-creator of the islands who died bearing fire and became ruler of the land of the dead. When her husband saw what she had become and fled, she swore to kill a thousand people a day, and he swore to make fifteen hundred.
Known for
- death in childbirth of fire
- the bargain over the daily dead
- the first divorce
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.