When Izanami died, Izanagi followed her to Yomi, the realm of the dead. At the doorway, where she greeted him, he said, “My beloved wife, the lands we were making are still incomplete.

They were the sibling deities who are said to have formed Japan. A quick refresher: Izanami died giving birth to the fire god, Homusubi, and went to the land of darkness. An anguished Izanagi went ...