Magatsuhi no Kami - Magatsuhi no Kami

Japanese: 枉津日神 - まがつひのかみ
Magatsuhi no Kami - Magatsuhi no Kami
A god who appears in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
He appeared when Izanagi-no-Mikoto, who had fled from the underworld, performed a purification ritual. He is a god who symbolizes "impurity" and brings misfortune. In the "Kojiki," the two gods Yasomagatsuhi-no-Kami and Omagatsuhi-no-Kami are said to have appeared.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
記・紀にみえる神。
黄泉(よみの)国から逃げかえった伊奘諾尊(いざなぎのみこと)が禊(みそぎ)をしたときあらわれた。「けがれ」を象徴し,凶事をひきおこす神。「古事記」では八十禍津日(やそまがつひの)神・大禍津日神の二神(ふたはしら)があらわれたとされる。

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