WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami (, ) or Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology . One of the major deities (kami) of Shinto, she is also portrayed in Japan’s earliest literary texts, the Kojiki ( c.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amaterasu, Goddess of the Sun, is known as the Queen of Heaven and Creation. She is so revered that the Japanese Imperial Family is believed to have descended from her, and the Emporer was considered a divine ancestor. Japan’s most important Shinto shrine, the Grand Shrine of Ise, is dedicated to her.

Detailed explanation-3: -The name Amaterasu is derived from Amateru and means “shining in heaven". The meaning of her whole name, Amaterasu-ōmikami, is “the great august kami (deity) who shines in the heaven".

Detailed explanation-4: -Amaterasu is the highest deity in Japanese mythology. In the most famous legend about her, she shuts herself away in a cave, bringing disasters to both the world and heaven.