Amaterasu

Japan to be a deity descended from Amaterasu, the Japanese Sun Goddess.

Within the Kirishima mountain terrain, the Takachiho-no-mine peak holds a special place in Japanese mythology as the location where the deity Ninigi, grandson of sun goddess Amaterasu, descended to earth from Heaven and established the imperial bloodline.

Buddhalocana), Ichiji Kinrin, Amaterasu, and Juichimen Kannon (Skt.

At the end of Part II, Duthie turns to the representation of Prince Karu, who reigned as the sovereign Monmu from 679 to 707 as heir to his grandfather Tenmu, in such poems by Hitomaro as Man 'yoshu 45-49 on Prince Karu's travels to the Aki fields and poems on the Fujiwara palace, exploring also the ways in which this portrayal of Karu as heir to Tenmu has aspects that suggest "an early expression of the relationship between the imperial lineage and [a regional] Ise cult of Amaterasu that would be developed and institutionalized more fully in the eighth century" (p.

With the help of a Japanese-English dictionary, she claims, she has discovered or decided that the name Michael gave her, Anomalisa, is a rough equivalent of Amaterasu, the Japanese goddess of heaven.

Amaterasu, the sun goddess, known for her predilection towards hiding in caves when in a bad mood, must be pleased with this year's efforts.

This was motivated by the fact that the Japanese people believed the Emperor had a divine power, which was derived from the Shinto belief that the Japanese Imperial Family was the offspring of the sun goddess Amaterasu.

President Barack Obama and other G7 partners one-by-one at Ise Grand Shrine in central Japan, dedicated to sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami, mythical ancestress of the emperor.

So imagine Amaterasu's disbelief when, years later, a badly-scarred man appears at her door in her new home town of Philadelphia.

Decades after fleeing Japan and building a new life in America, Amaterasu Takahashi is confronted by a missing piece of her past.

Legend says that all Emperors are descendants of the legendary first emperor Jimmu, said to be descended from Amaterasu, the sun goddess.