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Central deity of Shinto
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amaterasu
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Amaterasu (天照) traditionally refers to the Shinto sun goddess. It may also refer to: Amano-Iwato , the cave in Japanese mythology in which she was said to hide in after a falling out with her brother, Susanoo Grand Shrine of Ise is the chief shrine dedicated ...
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n. 1 (context mythology Shinto English) The Japanese sun goddess. 2 (lb en poetic) The sun.
Usage examples of amaterasu.
Unfolding the alignment arms, she took angle sightings on the horizon, on Ophir, the polestar, and the planet Amaterasu.
Sun Woman, like Amaterasu Omikami of Japan (see story), Allat of ancient Arabia, and Sun Goddesses of Argentinians, Inuit (Eskimo) peoples, and ancient Anatolians, defies the stereotype that Sun deities are always male.