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Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto – Wikipedia
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命),[1] or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ),[2] is the moon god in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name “Tsukuyomi” is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, “moon, month”, becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み, “reading, counting”).[3] The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi (月弓, “moon bow”), but this yumi is likely a variation in pronunciation of yomi.[3] An alternative interpretation is that his name is a combination of tsukiyo (月夜, “moonlit night”) and mi (見, “looking, watching”).
There is so little known about Tsukuyomi that even their sex is unknown. However, in Man’yōshū, Tsukuyomi’s name is sometimes rendered as Tsukuyomi Otoko (月讀壮士, “moon-reading man”), implying that they are male.[4]
[external_link_head]Tsukuyomi was the second of the “three noble children” (三貴子, Mihashira-no-Uzu-no-Miko) born when Izanagi-no-Mikoto, the god who created the first land of Onogoroshima, was cleansing himself of his sins while bathing after escaping the underworld and the clutches of his enraged dead wife, Izanami-no-Mikoto. Tsukuyomi was born when he washed out of Izanagi’s right eye.[5] However, in an alternative story, Tsukuyomi was born from a mirror made of white copper in Izanagi’s right hand.
[external_link offset=1]Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu when they killed Ukemochi, the goddess of food. Amaterasu once sent Tsukuyomi to represent her at a feast presented by Ukemochi. The goddess created the food by turning to the ocean and spitting out a fish, then facing a forest and spitting out game, and finally turning to a rice paddy and coughing up a bowl of rice. Tsukuyomi was utterly disgusted by the fact that, although it looked exquisite, the meal was made in a disgusting manner, and so they killed her.[5]
Soon, Amaterasu learned what happened and she was so angry that she refused to ever look at Tsukuyomi again, forever moving to another part of the sky. This is the reason that day and night are never together. However, some say it was Susanoo who killed Ukemochi.[6]
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The Betsugu Tsukiyomi-no-miya Sanctuary of Kotaijingu (Naiku) at Ise city
See also[edit]
- List of lunar deities
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Media related to Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto at Wikimedia Commons
- Tsukiyomi on the Japanese History Database.
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