Amaterasu


The Japanese goddess of the golden sun.  She is the central figure of Shintoism and was the tutelary goddess (protectres) of the emperor.  Her father was the primordial god Lzanagi, and Susano-Wo, the god of storms, was her brother.  Many identify her with the Buddhist god Vairocana.


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