Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto

Tsukuyomi (月読 or 月夜見), also known as Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, is a kami (神, deity) in Japanese Shinto mythology, associated with the moon and the night. The name Tsukuyomi can be translated to Hebrew as צוקו יומי (Tzuku Yomi), though this translation is not widely recognized or used. In Chinese, the name is translated as 月读 (Yuè Dú), and in Korean, it is 월독 (Woldeok). Tsukuyomi is part of the Kotoamatsukami (別天津神, the deities of the age of the gods), and is often depicted as a male deity who was born from the left eye of Izanagi (イザナギ, the primary male deity in Shinto creation mythology) when he washed his face at the river after escaping from Yomi (黄泉, the land of the dead). According to the Kojiki (古事記, the oldest extant chronicle in Japan), Tsukuyomi was tasked with governing the night while his sister, Amaterasu (天照, the sun goddess), governed the day. However, Tsukuyomi's actions led to his banishment from the heavenly court, as he killed the food deity Uke Mochi (保食神) during a banquet hosted by the goddess Amaterasu, leading to a rift between the deities of the sun and the moon.