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Kobayashi Izanami and Izanagi

Izanagi and Izanami

Primordial pair refers to a couple, usually deities, from whom everything in a mythology originates. Sometimes the two members of the Primordial Pair are brought into existence by one lone deity; sometimes one member of the pair creates the other.

Primordial pairs[]

  • Egyptian
  • Greek
  • Japanese: Izanagi (male) and Izanami (female)
  • Korean: Yul-ryeo (possibly male) and Mago (female)
  • Maori: Ranginui (male) and Papatuanuku (female)
  • Roman: Caelus (male) and Tellus (female)
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