Izanagi and Izanami #atozchallenge

I - The myth of Izanagi and Izanami, like so many others found throughout the world, does triple duty as a love story, a creation myth, and a cautionary tale. In Japanese and Shinto mythology, Izanagi and Izanami were born when heaven and earth separated from Chaos. Together, they stood on the floating bridge of heaven and stirred the primordial ocean with a jeweled spear. As they did so, the first land formed. 

Stirring the primordial seaBecause Izanami spoke during their first coupling,...