AMATERASU

Goddess of the sun

Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. Often considered the chief deity of the Shinto pantheon, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE). Along with her siblings, the moon deity Tsukuyomi and the impetuous storm god Susanoo, she is considered to be one of the "Three Precious Children", the three most important offspring of the creator god Izanagi.

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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu emerging from a cave, ca. 1856

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