Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu-Ōmikami among other names, is the goddess of the sun in... | Deuses japoneses, Amaterasu, Imagens pisicodelicas
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Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu-Ōmikami among other names, is the goddess of the sun in...

Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu-Ōmikami among other names, is the goddess of the sun in japanese mythology. One of the major deities (kami) of Shinto, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), as the ruler (or one of the rulers) of the heavenly realm Takamagahara and the mythical ancestress of the japanese imperial house via her grandson Ninigi. Along with her siblings, the moon deity Tsukuyomi and the impetuous storm…
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