But since Izanagi could not give up the idea of seeing Izanami again, he visited yominokuni (the land of the dead) to see her, where he found Izanami decaying, infested with maggots and surrounded with gods of thunders (Ikazuchi) as a result of breaking a promise he had made to her that he would never look in while waiting.
しかし、イザナミに逢いたい気持ちを捨てきれず、黄泉国まで逢いに行くが、そこで決して覗いてはいけないというイザナミとの約束を破って見てしまったのは、腐敗して蛆にたかられ、雷（いかづち）に囲まれたイザナミの姿であった。