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Goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan
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amaterasu
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, or is a part of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion. She is seen as the goddess of the sun, but also of the universe. The name Amaterasu derived from Amateru meaning "shining in heaven." The meaning of her whole name ...
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n. 1 (context mythology Shinto English) The Japanese sun goddess. 2 (lb en poetic) The sun.
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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.