Amaterasu

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GenderFeminine
UsageFar Eastern Mythology
Scripts天照 Japanese Kanji
PronouncedPron.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.

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Amaterasu emerging from a cave, a detail from a work by Utagawa Kunisada (1857)Amaterasu emerging from a cave, a detail from a work by Utagawa Kunisada (1857)
Entry updated August 16, 2017   Contribute
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