amaterasu

Amaterasu picture citation She is a goddess from Japan, worshiped in the Shinto religion. She is the goddess of the sun. Even her name is related to the sun. Her name means one who illuminates heaven. Her parents were Izanami and Izanagi. She was born from Izanagi's left eye. She has two brothers, Susanoo and Tsukuyomi. Susanoo is the god of storms, and tsukuyomi the god of the moon. She is often represented by the sun. When she was young, she was so bright and radiant, her parents sent her to rule in the heavens, and she has been there ever since. Later on, she created rice fields, called inada, where she grew rice. She also invented the art of weaving. She taught the people how to grow wheat and cultivate silkworms. Her main sanctuary is on the island of Honshu. The temple at that site gets torn down every 20 years, then get rebuilt in it's original form. In the inner sanctum, Amaterasu is represented by a mirror. When she goes into hiding, the sun disappears entirely from the world. This would most likely be known as night. When she gradually starts to come out of hiding, light starts to enter the world, known as dawn.

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