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@fyeahmyths Summer Myth Event ~

Day 6: Asian Deity

Amaterasu: Japanese Goddess of the Sun

Amaterasu Omikami is the sun goddess, the most important deity of the Shinto religion and ruler of Takama no Hara, the domain of the kami or spirits.

Also known as Oho-hir-me-no-muchi or Amaterasu-oho-hiru-me, Amaterasu is the daughter of Izanami and Izanagi
who made their daughter ruler of the sky. When her father Izanagi
escaped from his visit to the underworld he had to perform a cleansing
ritual in the river Woto and it was then, from the god’s left eye, that
Amaterasu was born.

She is also the elder sister of Susanoo (or Susa-no-wo)
the storm god. Amaterasu constantly quarrelled with her mischievous
younger brother and finally having enough, she exiled him from heaven.