Izanagi
伊邪那岐いざなぎ
Likely built on Japanese 誘う (izanau), "to invite, to draw in", with a male ending: roughly the male one who invites.
Meaning and origin
Izanagi is a name that lives only in Shinto scripture: he is the male half of the divine pair credited with shaping the Japanese islands and fathering many of the other kami.
How to pronounce Izanagi
| Japanese | ee-zah-NAH-ghee /izanaɡi/ |
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