Amaterasu

Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese Mythology
Scripts 天照(Japanese Kanji) あまてらす(Japanese Hiragana) アマテラス(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. /ä.mä.te̞.ɾä.sɨᵝ/(Japanese)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and 照 (terasu) meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. She was born when Izanagi washed his left eye after returning from the underworld. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.

Related Names

Rootsama + terasu

People think this name is

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Images

Amaterasu emerging from a cave, a detail from a work by Utagawa Kunisada (1857)Amaterasu emerging from a cave, a detail from a work by Utagawa Kunisada (1857)

Categories

ancestors, celestial, goddesses, heavenly, Japanese mythology, light, Megami Tensei characters, mother goddesses, mythology, sky, sky deities, solar deities, sun, supreme gods
Entry updated December 7, 2022