But he broke his promise to his wife, and had to watch as she of such beauty was transformed into a corpse devoured by maggots; seeing this, Izanagi became afraid of her and returned to the surface, escaping from Yomi in the manner described below.
ところが妻との約束を破り、あんなに美しかった妻がうじ虫に食われたように変わり果ててしまったのを見たイザナギがイザナミに恐れをなし、黄泉の国から帰ってくる場面が以下のように表現されている。