Visitors cannot approach the heart of the sanctuary and must stay at the bottom of the steps that lead to it. It is also said that it is Amaterasu who developed the rice fields, the cultivation of wheat, the breeding of silkworms, and the art of weaving.Īmaterasu is worshiped in Naiku Shrine, Ise-jingu Inner Shrine, Japan's holiest Shinto shrine. According to the Kojiki, Amaterasu would be the direct ancestor of the emperors of Japan as she sent her grandson Ninigi to rule and the latter's grandson would be Jinmu, the first mythical emperor of Japan. The universe brightened up again and the worship of the sun goddess never dries up. All the kami came to beg her to come out and ended up, tricking her, by making her leave her cave.
Legend also has it that, following an argument with her younger brother Susanoo, Amaterasu retreated to a cave, and darkness reigned over the world. It is represented in the Japanese flag, in the form of the solar disk.ĭaughter of Izanagi and Izanami, she would have been born from the left ear of her divine father. Humans constantly interact with supernatural beings who have reactions similar to those of human beings.Īmaterasu: the greatest deity of the Shinto religionsĪmong the many Shinto deities, Amaterasu, the goddess of the Sun, literally "the one who makes the sky shine", is the most revered. Here the relationship is less hierarchical than in the Western conception. This worldview involves an almost material, causal relationship with "God". This fault ( tsumi) activates the punishment or ( tatari), which one can ward off by purifying oneself ( harau). These deities and spirits are each animated by beneficial powers or/and a "spirit of violence" that can be awakened if ever one encroaches on their domain or if one is guilty of a related fault with their field of action.
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