Izanami
the mother, queen of the shadowed country
earthIzanami birthed the islands and gods until fire killed her, and below she became the ruler of the dead; to dream of her is to meet the one you have lost and to understand that some doors close so the living can walk on.
Fragments
The birth of the fire-child seared her, and she withdrew into the earth, and no torchlight her husband carried could undo what the flames had done.
She vowed to draw a thousand souls down each day; he vowed to bring fifteen hundred to life, and so the tally of the world was set.
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