Nakatsuwatatsumi

• • Affiliation: Shinto
  • Kami of:
  • Family: Izanagi (father) Nakatsutsuo (sibling)

Nakatsuwatatsumi

Nakatsuwatatsumi (Middle Ocean Majesty – 中津綿津見神) is the first of two Shinto kami born from Izanagi bathing in the middle of the Tachibana river after leaving Yomi and wishing to cleanse himself of its impurities. This is stated in both the Kojiki and Nihongi.¹²

It is said they are one of the kami worshiped by the muraji of Adzumi.²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.

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