Yakusanoikazuchi or ikazuchi is a collective name for the eight kami of thunder in Japanese mythology. Each one represents a different type of storm. [1]
Ikazuchi (雷) literally means thunder in Japanese. [2]
Some tellings say that the eight deities were from the maggots of Izanami's rotting corpse. Many versions of the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki state that after Izanagi saw his wife in such a state and fled in terror, Izanami send the Yomotsu-shikome, 150 warriors, and the eight thunder kami after him. [3] [4]
Yakusanoikazuchi or ikazuchi is a collective name for the eight kami of thunder in Japanese mythology. Each one represents a different type of storm. [1]
Ikazuchi (雷) literally means thunder in Japanese. [2]
Some tellings say that the eight deities were from the maggots of Izanami's rotting corpse. Many versions of the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki state that after Izanagi saw his wife in such a state and fled in terror, Izanami send the Yomotsu-shikome, 150 warriors, and the eight thunder kami after him. [3] [4]