Amaterasu

Amaterasu represents a mirror, a reflection of oneself. In the famous Japanese myth, a major deity of Shinto religion is the sun goddess Amaterasu. Shinto is a daily aspect of Japanese life where it can be described as a belief in a unified and non duality universe, where there is no separation between man and nature. There is a deep respect for nature and all things in the universe, which is also all a piece of man. Man is a part of everything in the universe, including inanimate objects. Amaterasu

descendants of the sun goddess, Amaterasu-OmiKami, worshiped the gods and goddesses of Japan. Shinto means "way of the gods" and that represents what people who practice Shintoism believe in. Shintoism is a religion based on Japanese mythology, which is centered on a male god, Izanagi, and a female goddess, Izanami. These two gods were believed to have created Japan, which was thought to be the only land in the whole word. The two gods had two children, the sun goddess Amaterasu, and the storm god, Susanowo

In order to purify himself, he washes off in a body of water which creates more kami in the process. From his left eye the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, is born. From his right eye the moon deity, Tsukuyomi, is born. And from his nose the storm deity, Susanoo, is born. After years of fighting amongst the people of Japan, Amaterasu sent he grandson, Ninigi, to unite the Japanese people. He became the first emperor of Japan, which established the divinity the role of emperor had. PRACTICES

the shrine was made in light of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, and the traditional progenitor of the imperial Japanese family, later another God Toyaku Okami being another sacred being, being worshipped. (Pletcher) The architectural design of the shrine consists of many rows of buildings but the most distinct are two large huts, being the inner (Naiku) and outer shrine (Geku). (Pletcher) Naiku was first constructed, which had the Goddess of Amaterasu, later Geku with the intention of worshipping

The most prominent of these was Amaterasu, the sun goddess. Amaterasu is the most important and most revered Kami in Shinto, we can see an example of this when looking at the current Japanese flag which shows a red circle representing the rising sun of Japan, also the symbol of Amaterasu (DesRivieres 100-101). In Shinto there are four “Affirmations”; things that are important in life, things that should be

Compiled nearly 1300 years ago, the Kojiki is the oldest surviving collection of Japanese myths, which serve as the backbone for Shinto practices. Thirteen centuries later, those very same myths live on, sometimes in forms which could not even exist until about a decade ago. In particular, the myth of The White Hare of Inaba is reincarnated through a few modern-day games. It tells the story of a cunning rabbit who crosses the sea by tricking wani (translated as crocodiles by B. H. Chamberlain, but

I always think back to when I was just a kid. I had a happy childhood from what I can remember. My parents both died in their sleep when I was about six years old. Doctors could never find out why, they called it a "medical mystery" or whatever. It was harder on my older brother, Noah. My younger brother Justin was just two years old when it happened. He barely even recalls my parents now. After our parents death, we were adopted by a Japanese couple. It was pretty cool considering our family was

called Amatsu-Tusmi described in the Oharae is those deeds, which were committed by Susanowo-no Mikoto, the brother deity of Amaterasu Ohmikami, the supreme Kami. According to the myth, he was so rejoiced by being able to prove that he had no ill feeling against his sister deity, Amaterasu Ohmikami, that he committed vulgarity such as destroying the paddy fields of Amaterasu Ohmikami to have crop for Niinamesai (Rice-crop rite), the weaving shop where the cloths for the deities were woven and also

given to him earlier. While this was happening Amaterasu Sun-Goddess) took her brother sword broke it in three and crunching these in her mouth, spat out three goddesses. These five males and eight females become to be known as the ancestors of the highest Japanese nobility.      So excited over his success, Susa-no-wo became to commit various acts of mischief, and at one point finally scared his sister, the Sun Goddess. Amaterasu so scared retired herself to a cave on earth

to depict respect for both themselves and other people. Perhaps one of the most interesting symbols of the Japan comes from the flag, the red sun symbolizes the sun goddess Amaterasu, which is believed to be the ancestors of the emperors and the imperial family. More specifically “Mythological goddess of the sun, Amaterasu from the Shinto religion. According to myth, the goddess founded Japan approximately 2700 years ago and all the emperors of Japan are known as “Sons of the Sun”, essentially