Ame-no-Uzume

Goddess of dawn and mirth whose dance lured Amaterasu from the cave.

Domains

• dawn
• revelry

Powers

• Perform the ecstatic dance that lures the sun

Epithets

• 天宇受売命 japanese · Ame-no-Uzume-no-MikotoHonorific Kojiki form of the dawn/mirth goddessKojiki, Book 1 (Ama-no-Iwato episode) (primary)
• 天鈿女命 japanese · Ame-no-Uzume-no-MikotoNihon Shoki orthography of the goddess whose dance lured Amaterasu outNihon Shoki, Jindai (primary)

Sources

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