Izanami

Izanami (イザナミ; Japanese pronunciation: [ì.(d͡)zä́.nä́.mʲí]), formally referred to with the honorific Izanami-no-Mikoto (伊弉冉尊/伊邪那美命; [ì.(d͡)zä́.nä́.mʲí nó̞ mʲí.kó̞.tó̞]; meaning "She-who-invites" or the "Female-who-invites"), is the creator of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess. She and her brother-husband Izanagi are the last of the seven generations of primordial deities that manifested after the formation of heaven and earth. Izanami and Izanagi are held to be the creators of the Japanese archipelago and the progenitors of many deities, which include the sun goddess Amaterasu, the moon deity Tsukuyomi and the storm god Susanoo. In mythology, she is the direct ancestor of the Japanese imperial family. In Shinto and Japanese mythology, Izanami gave humans death, so she is sometimes seen as a shinigami.