Tachibana River in Himuka (as named in some traditions)
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Tachibana River in Himuka is a mythic river in Japanese Shinto tradition, renowned as the site where the creator deity Izanagi performed a purifying ritual after returning from the underworld Yomi.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Tachibana River in Himuka | 0 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Shinto sacred site
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mythological river ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
harae (ritual purification)
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kami-birth through purification ⓘ kegare (ritual impurity) ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Izanagi
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Izanami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Places in Japanese mythology
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Shinto mythological locations ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Japanese mythology
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Shinto cosmology ⓘ |
| functionInMyth |
boundary between pollution and purity
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site of purification ⓘ |
| hasAttribute | sacred water used for cleansing ⓘ |
| hasMythicStatus | archetypal site of misogi ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedInNarrativeRegion | Himuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent | Izanagi’s purification after returning from Yomi ⓘ |
| mythologicalRealmContrastedWith | Yomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | setting for the origin of major Shinto deities ⓘ |
| notableActionAtSite | Izanagi washes away the defilement of Yomi ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | Izanagi and Izanami creation myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| resultOfRitual |
birth of Amaterasu
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birth of Susanoo ⓘ birth of Tsukuyomi ⓘ birth of purification deities (harai no kami) ⓘ |
| ritualTypeAssociated | misogi (purification ritual) ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Kojiki
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Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
purification from death impurity (kegare)
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restoration of cosmic order ⓘ transition from underworld to living world ⓘ |
| temporalPositionInMyth | after Izanagi’s visit to Yomi ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Izanagi’s purification after returning from Yomi
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Tachibana River in Himuka (as named in some traditions)
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