Amaterasu

Amaterasu (天照), Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神／天照大御神／天照皇大神) or Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is a pairt o the Japanese meeth cycle, an aa a major deity o the Shinto releegion. She is seen as the goddess o the sun, but an aa o the universe. The name Amaterasu derived frae Amateru means "shinin in heiven." The meanin o her whole name, Amaterasu-ōmikami, is "the great august kami (god) who shines in the heaven".^{[N 1]} Accordin tae the Kojiki an Nihon Shoki in Japanese meethologie, the Emperors o Japan are conseedert tae be direct descendants o Amaterasu.

Notes

↑ ama means "heiven"; tera is an inflectional form o teru, "tae shine"; su is an honoreefic auxiliary verb which shaws respect for the actor; then amaterasu means "taea shine in the heiven". An ō means "big" or "great"; mi is a prefix for noble an august beins.^[1]

References

↑ Akira Matsumura, ed. (1995). Daijirin (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Sanseido Books. ISBN 978-4385139005. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[name_explanation-2] ama means "heiven"; tera is an inflectional form o teru, "tae shine"; su is an honoreefic auxiliary verb which shaws respect for the actor; then amaterasu means "taea shine in the heiven". An ō means "big" or "great"; mi is a prefix for noble an august beins.^[1]

[1] Akira Matsumura, ed. (1995). Daijirin (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Sanseido Books. ISBN 978-4385139005. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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