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Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.
The solar goddess of Shinto, Amaterasu Omikami, is considered to be the ancestral deity of the Imperial House of Japan, and is widely worshiped in agricultural rituals. During the Kofun Period, a number of Shinmei Shrines, such as Ise Grand Shrine, were constructed and dedicated to Amaterasu.
Free-range chickens roaming the grounds, considered to be the divine messengers of Amaterasu. According to the Nihon Shoki, around 2000 years ago the divine Yamatohime-no-mikoto, daughter of the Emperor Suinin, set out from Mt. Miwa in modern Nara Prefecture in search of a permanent location to worship the goddess Amaterasu, wandering for 20 years through the regions of Omi and Mino.
Amaterasu was created for the video game Ōkami.She appears as a typical white wolf to outside observers, but her true form, visible to the player and those with strong spiritual beliefs, depicts her with red markings and fur curlicues, as well as her weapon, typically depicted as the Divine Retribution Reflector, one of a class of weapons based on ancient bronze mirrors. [3]
Amaterasu, the Sun goddess and divine ancestor of the first Emperor Jimmu, was born from Izanagi's eye. [1] The Moon god and Susanoo the storm god were born at the same time as Amaterasu, when Izanagi washed his face. [1] Myths related the Sun, the Moon, and the Storm kami are full of strife and conflict. [10]
Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto faith. Kami is the Japanese word for a deity, divinity, or spirit. [4] It has been used to describe mind, God, Supreme Being, one of the Shinto deities, an effigy, a principle, and anything that is worshipped.
Amaterasu's brother, the storm god Susano'o, had vandalized her rice fields, threw a flayed horse at her loom, and brutally killed one of her maidens due to a quarrel between them. In turn, Amaterasu became furious with him and retreated into the Heavenly Rock Cave, Amano-Iwato. The world, without the illumination of the sun, became dark and ...
Amaterasu emerges from the Heavenly Rock Cave, bringing sunlight back to the world (Triptych by Kunisada). Ama-no-Iwato (天の岩戸, literally "heaven's rock cave") is a cave in Japanese mythology.