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Amaterasu
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Given Name AMATERASU
GENDER:
Feminine
USAGE:
Far Eastern Mythology
OTHER SCRIPTS:
天照
(Japanese Kanji)
PRONOUNCED:
A-MA-TE-RA-SOO
(Japanese)
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Meaning & History
Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese
天
(
ama
)
meaning "heaven, sky" and
照
(
terasu
)
meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.