Yakusanoikazuchi

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'''Yakusanoikazuchi''' or '''ikazuchi''' as a collective name, are eight [[kami]] of [[thunder]] in [[Japanese mythology|Japanese mythology.]] Each one represents a different type of storm.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Ikazuchi (雷) literally means thunder in Japanese.<ref>https://www.japandict.com/雷</ref>
== Mythology ==
Some tellings say that the eight deities were from the maggots of [[Izanami|Izanami’s]] rotting corpse. Many versions of the [[Nihon Shoki]] and the [[Kojiki]] state that Izanami send the [[Yomotsu-shikome]], 150 warriors, and the eight thunder kami after him.<ref> https://ift.tt/3ox0UnS </ref><ref> https://ift.tt/3bswpvx </ref>

== List ==

* '''Ō-ikazuchi:''' (Great thunder) both the Kojiki states and the Nihon Shoki state that Ō-ikazuchi came from Izanami’s head.
* '''Hono-ikazuchi:''' (Fire thunder) Both the Kojiki says that this kami came from Izanami’s breasts.
* '''Kuro-ikazuchi:''' (Black thunder) The Kojiki says says that this deity came from Izanami’s belly however, the Nikon Shoki says that Kuro-ikazuchi was in Izanami’s [[rectum]].
* '''Saku-ikazuchi:''' (Cleaving thunder)
* '''Waki-ikazuchi:''' (Young thunder)
* '''Tsuchj-ikazuchi:''' (Earth thunder)
* '''Naru-ikazuchi:''' (Rumbling thunder)
* '''Fuchi-ikazuchi:''' (Couchant thunder)<ref> https://ift.tt/35tiotK </ref>

== References ==

[[Category:Japanese mythology]]
[[Category:Thunder gods]]
[[Category:Japanese deities]]

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