Note 2 — Chapter XIX · Rival Deities of Life and Death, Sunshine and Storm

When Izanagi reached the gloomy dwelling of his sister, she raised the door, and he spoke to her, saying: “Thine Augustness, my lovely young sister! the lands that I and you made are not yet finished; so come back”. She replied out of the darkness: “It is sorrowful that you did not come hither sooner, for I have eaten of the food of Yomi. Nevertheless, it is my desire to return. I will therefore speak with the kami of Yomi.”2 She added in warning, “Look not at me!”