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title: The Eighth Couple
description: Female and male deities in the mythology of Japan.
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  name: Graciela Paula Caldeiro
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<div data-legacy-preserved> <p></p>&#10;&#10;&#10;<h2 id="la-octava-pareja">The Eighth Couple</h2>
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</p><figure class="commons-illustration" data-commons-id="11783223">
  <img src="/la_octava_pareja/resources/commons-11783223.jpg" width="1064" height="1600" alt="Cherry blossoms on Mount Yoshino. Utagawa Hiroshige II." loading="lazy" decoding="async">
  <figcaption>Cherry blossoms on Mount Yoshino. Utagawa Hiroshige II.<br>Source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiroshige_II,_Yamato_Yoshinoyama.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikimedia Commons</a>. Public domain.</figcaption>
</figure>&#10;<strong>Izanagi no Mikoto</strong> together with <strong>Izanami no Mikot</strong>o are the Japanese deities of the masculine and the feminine. They were the first beings to create the islands in the water and all the other gods.<p></p>&#10;<p>They were also the eighth couple of divinities to emerge from the primordial chaos following the creation of heaven and earth.</p></div>