Izanami, the Great Mother Goddess of the Japanese mythological pantheon, was also the goddess of the underworld who represented death and defilement.
According to the Records of Ancient Matters, at the dawn of time, all of Japan was a vast ocean. The land floated upon the seawater, unstable and without any ground where life could take root and multiply.
Thus, the ancient god siblings Izanagi and Izanami followed heaven's will and set out to stabilize the land.
Standing upon the Floating Bridge of Heaven, the two gods lowered the divine Heavenly Jewel Spear—called the Heavenly Jeweled Spear in the Chronicles of Japan—into the sea and stirred its waters before lifting it back out.
Mud from the seabed rose to the surface, and the droplets falling from the spearhead gathered into islands, giving all things a foundation upon which to thrive.
Afterward, the two ancient gods continuously stabilized the newborn land, creating gods and all living things as they expanded their kind.
Had all gone smoothly, Izanami, who had accomplished this great undertaking, might have become the holy and exalted Mother of All Things.
Yet while giving birth to divine children, she mysteriously died in labor and became the goddess of underworld defilement, symbolizing death and impurity.
After mentally reviewing the general records concerning Izanami, Samael shifted his gaze toward the unusual spear in Eri Shiki Utsumi's hand, its tip wrapped in several diamond-shaped paper streamers, and understanding dawned in his eyes.
Clearly, this was the divine creation artifact that had opened up the land in the Records of Ancient Matters—the Heavenly Jeweled Spear.
And the only one truly qualified to wield this Divine Construct could naturally be the original Creator Mother Goddess, Izanami.
Therefore, the girl named "Eri Shiki Utsumi" was actually Izanami herself.
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