Descended from a Sun Goddess: Japan and the Shinto Religion

At the beginning of the world, only the sea existed. Using a long stick, a god and goddess – Izanagi and Izanami – began to stir up this sea which surfaced mounds of mud.  These mounds became the more than 6,800 Japanese islands spotting the Pacific Ocean. Next, the godly couple birthed three children: the…

Amaterasu, sometimes called by her full name Amaterasu-omikami, is one of the most important deities in the Shinto religion. Goddess of the sun and the universe, Amaterasu's name means 'shining in heaven

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