Age of the Gods

In Shinto chronology, the Age of the Gods (神代, Kami-yo/Jindai) is the period preceding the accession of Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan.

Izanami being a woman speaking first to a man, the gods looked at this as inappropriate and cursed the couple by the children they bore.

Izanami gave birth to the islands of Awaji, Iyo (later Shikoku), Oki, Tsukushi (later Kyūshū), Iki, Tsushima, Sado, and finally Yamato (later Honshū), the largest.

Angered by the sight of the newly born fire kami who had been the cause of Izanami’s death, Izanagi drew his sword and decapitated the infant.

The blood coalescing on the sword brought forth eight martial kami, including the important Takemikazuchi-no-kami and his peer, Futsunushi-no-kami.

As Izanagi runs away in horror, Izanami shrieks in anger for her loves abandonment, "Every day I shall kill one thousand people in the lands we created".