Amaterasu Sume(ra) Ō(mi)kami

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Amaterasu Sume(ra) Ō(mi)kami is a name applied to Amaterasu as the ancestress of the imperial line.

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 1600
Historical notes
Attested in Kojiki (8th c.) and referred to as 'Tenshō Daijin' during the medieval and early modern periods.

Relationships

manifests as
Amaterasu-ōmikami

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“As the ancestress of the imperial line, the epithet Sume(ra)-Ō(mi)kami (皇大神, lit. 'great imperial deity'; also read as Kōtaijin) is also applied to Amaterasu in names such as Amaterasu Sume(ra) Ō(mi)kami (天照皇大神, also read as 'Tenshō Kōtaijin')”

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