Amaterasu

Sun goddess born from Izanagi's left eye, ancestress of the imperial line.

Parentage

• parent: Izanagi

Children

• Ninigi

Domains

• sun
• sovereignty

Powers

• Illuminate heaven and earth as the sun
• Produce deities by an oath-pledge

Epithets

• 天照大御神 japanese · Amaterasu-Ōmikami · epithetThe Great August Deity Who Shines in Heaven; sun goddess and imperial ancestressKojiki 古事記 (712 CE), Book 1; Nihon Shoki 日本書紀 (720 CE) (primary)
• 大日孁貴 japanese · Ōhirumemuchi · epithetThe Great Noble Woman of the Sun; her Nihon Shoki nameNihon Shoki 日本書紀, Book 1 (variant name 大日孁貴) (primary)
• 天照皇大神 japanese · Tenshō Kōtaijin · cultImperial Great Deity Amaterasu; her Ise Grand Shrine titleIse Jingū (Naikū) cult; Engishiki 延喜式 shrine registers (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: SusanooFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Izanagi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: TsukuyomiFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Izanagi) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Kojiki, vol. 1, 712 CE (primary); Nihon Shoki, vol. 1, 720 CE (primary)