Amaterasu
The Shinto sun goddess, sister of Susanoo the storm god and Tsukuyomi the moon god. She is the ancestor of the Imperial line and is often considered the chief kami of the Shinto pantheon.
↻ synthesized from 22 sources
When
- First attested
- 4 BCE
- Attested period
- -4 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Kojiki (712 CE) as the Sun Goddess and ancestor of the imperial line.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ōkuninushi, Okunitama, Sukunabikona, Ame-no-Tajikarao, Amatsukami, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Ishikori-dome no Mikoto, Takemikazuchi, Kagu-tsuchi, Amefurikozō, Ushi, Ame-no-Fuyukinu, Omizunu, Amenohoakari, Takuhadachiji-hime, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Ame no Wakahiko, Kamimusubi, Tamakushi-hime, Ame-no-Minakanushi, nigi-mitama, ara-mitama, saki-mitama, kushi-mitama, goryō-shin, Ukemochi, three Munakata goddesses, Wakahirume-no-Mikoto, Yamata no Orochi, Omoikane, Futotama-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Tajikarao-no-Kami, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, Kushinadahime, Ame-no-Koyane, Ame no Hohi, Futsunushi, Futodama, Ishikoridome, Tamanoya, Shitateruhime, Izanami, Izanami-no-mikoto, Yakusa-no-ikazuchi-no-kami, shikome, Izanagi-no-mikoto, Ōgetsuhime, Ka Sgni, Pakhangba, Lainingthou Sanamahi, Nongshaba, Poireiton, Tsukuyomi, Sarutahiko, Ka Sgni, Izanagi, Saulė, Päivätär, Beiwe, Bila, Wala, Bisal-Mariamma, Bomong, Pattini, Wurusemu, Tafukt, Shapash, Magec, Unelanuhi, Oüa Chill, Siqiniq, He'-koo-lās, Uwahci∙ł, Yamatohime-no-mikoto, guardian kami, shin-no-mihashira, Kanglā shā, Kotoshironushi, Takeminakata, Manjushri, Shinra Myōjin, Gozu Tennō, Matarajin, Kōjin, Okina, Shukujin, Amida Buddha, Balder, Vali Halfling, Amanojaku, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amanozako, Aten, Chaxiraxi, Ra, Sekhmet, Hathor, Ugajin, Loki
- consort of
- Kunitama, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
- parent of
- Amatsuhikone, Harisaijo, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Ame no Hohi, Ame no Wakahiko, Wakahirume, Ichikishima-hime, Benzaiten, Ninigi
- aspect of
- Kami
- sibling of
- Hiruko, Kagutsuchi, Tsukuyomi, Susano'o, Wakahirume, Susanoo no Mikoto, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Susano'o, Tsukiyomi
- allied with
- Ame-no-Uzume, Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Tajikarawo-no-mikoto, Ame-no-Futodama-no-mikoto, Council of Godheads, Yatagarasu, Uzume, Takami-Musubi, Takiribime-no-Mikoto
- enemy of
- Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Susano'o, Amatsu-Mikaboshi
- creator of
- Ame-no-oshihomimi
- child of
- Izanami, Izanagi-no-mikoto, Izanagi
- served by
- Ame-no-Kumahito, Toyouke-hime
- has aspect
- Kami
Mentioned by
- Amanojaku
- Amazake-babaa
- Amemasu
- Amanozako
- Aten
- Chaxiraxi
- Ra
- Sekhmet
- Hathor
- Ugajin
- Loki
- Tsukiyomi
- Yatagarasu
- Uzume
- Takami-Musubi
- Takiribime-no-Mikoto
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Amaterasu The Shinto sun goddess, sister of Susanoo the storm god and Tsukuyomi the moon god. She is the ancestor of the Imperial line and is often considered the chief kami of the Shinto pantheon.”
#4941 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“one such myth details the appearance of the first emperor, grandson of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu. In this myth, when Amaterasu sent her grandson to earth to rule, she gave him five rice grains”
#7281 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Korea, Kunitama and Amaterasu were enshrined together. as a pair at all nationally ranked shrines. The colonization of Korea marked the beginning of a shift from a meiji era "pioneer theology" to a universal theology and Amaterasu became more prominent and was generally paired with Kunitama.”
#9845 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“After a time, Amaterasu and the primordial deity Takamimusubi (also known as Takagi-no-Kami) declared that Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, which was then being ruled over by Ōkuninushi (also known as Ō(a)namuchi), the descendant (Kojiki) or the son (Shoki) of Susanoo”
#12457 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“She also, alongside Amaterasu and Susanoo, appears in the video game DKO (Divine Knockout).”
#12691 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001