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Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
| Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto | |
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Kami of the moon | |
 Woodblock print of Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto | |
| Other names | Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読), Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), 月読尊、月弓尊、月夜見尊、月讀尊 |
| Planet | Moon |
| Region | Japan |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Izanagi (Kojiki) Izanagi and Izanami (Nihon Shoki) |
| Siblings | Amaterasu Susanoo (and others) |
| Consort | Amaterasu (some myths) |
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Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命),[1] or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ),[2] is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み, "reading, counting").[3] The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi (月弓, "moon bow"), but this yumi is likely a variation in pronunciation of yomi.[3] An alternative interpretation is that his name is a combination of tsukiyo (月夜, "moonlit night") and mi (見, "looking, watching"). -no-Mikoto is a common honorific appended to the names of Kami; it may be understood as similar to the English honorific 'the Great'.
There is so little known about Tsukuyomi that even their sex is unknown. Still, in Man'yōshū, Tsukuyomi's name is sometimes rendered as Tsukuyomi Otoko (月讀壮士, "moon-reading man"), implying that he is male.[4]
- ^ 平藤喜久子 (February 2013). "スサノオ 建速須佐之男命（記）、素戔嗚尊（紀）". In 松村一男ほか編 (ed.). 神の文化史事典. 白水社. p. 285. ISBN 978-4-560-08265-2.
- ^ "ツキヨミノミコト（月読尊）". ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典. コトバンク. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ^ a b 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ^ c. 759: Man'yōshū, volume 7, poem 1372; in Old Japanese. Text available online here.
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