Kagu-tsuchi
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Kagutsuchi (カグツチ; Old Japanese: Kagututi), also known as Hi-no-Kagutsuchi or Homusubi among other names, is the kami of fire in classical Japanese mythology.[1]
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Other names | Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto (軻遇突智命, 加具土命) Homusubi (火産霊) Hi-no-Yagihayao-no-Kami (火之夜藝速男神) Hi-no-Yakihayao-no-Mikoto-no-Kami (火焼速男命神) Hi-no-Yakihiko-no-Kami (火焼彦神) Ho-no-Yakezumi-no-Kami (火焼炭神) |
Japanese | 火之迦具土神 |
Major cult center | Honoo-Honome Shrine, Ubuta Shrine, Hananoiwaya Shrine, Akiha Shrine, and others |
Gender | Male |
Parents | Izanagi (father) Izanami (mother) |
Offspring | Nesaku, Takemikazuchi, Kuraokami and others |
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