People/Characters Amaterasu
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- The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
- Myths and Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davis
- The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters by Ō no Yasumaro
- Tamamo the Fox Maiden: and Other Asian Stories by Kel McDonald
- Amaterasu: Return of the Sun: A Japanese Myth by Paul D. Storrie
- Women: Around the World and Through the Ages by Sabrina Mervin
- Ōkami {2006 game} by Clover Studio
- Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan by Helen Hardacre
- The Wicked + The Divine 1923 by Kieron Gillen
- The Wicked + The Divine: Christmas Annual #1 by Kieron Gillen
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds [2011 video game] by Capcom
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 [2011 video game] by Capcom
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| Description | Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. Often considered the chief deity (kami) of the Shinto pantheon, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), as the ruler (or one of the rulers) of the heavenly realm Takamagahara and as the mythical ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan via her grandson Ninigi. Along with two of her siblings (the moon deity Tsukuyomi and the impetuous storm-god Susanoo) she ranks as one of the "Three Precious Children" (三貴子, mihashira no uzu no miko / sankishi), the three most important offspring of the creator god Izanagi. Wikipedia |