Amaterasu

The Divine Goddess of Sun (Art by Sakimichan)

## Names and Epithets

### Aliases

Amaterasu-Ōmikami, Amaterasu, Ama-Chan (By Tsukuyomi), Ammy, Okami, Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami, Amaterasu-Omikami, Amaterasu-Sume-Okami

### Titles

Goddess of Sun, Sun Goddess, Aurora, Goddess of Light, Izanagi's Favorite Daughter, Shinto Goddess of the Sun, Sun Goddess of the Land of the Rising Sun, She Who Brings the Light, The Great August Kami, Goddess of Japan, Heaven's illumination, Shinto Empress, The Honorable Goddess of the Great Sun, The Shining Light, The Blinding Radiance, The Goddess of Japan

## Personal Info

### Occupation

Shinto Goddess of Sun, Leader of Shinto Pantheon

## Family Members

### Children

Ame-no-Oshihomimi, Ame-no-Hohi, Amatsuhikone, Ikutsuhikone, Kumanokusubi

## Portrayal

### Voice Actor

Mamiko Noto

**Amaterasu-Ōmikami** or just **Amaterasu**, is a goddess from Warriors of Eden. Amaterasu is the Sun Goddess in the Shinto Pantheon, she is the daughter of the God of Creation, Izanagi, and the Goddess of Destruction, Izanami, and a sister of Tsukuyomi and Susanoo. She is the main goddess of Japan and highly respected in other Pantheons.

## Overview

Amaterasu is the Japanese sun goddess who rules over the High Plain of Heaven. Her name means "(that which) illuminates Heaven." Amaterasu is the daughter of Izanami and Izanagi whom the latter chose her to be the new ruler of the sky. When her father Izanagi escaped from his visit to Yomi, he had to perform a cleansing ritual in the river Woto and it was then, from the god’s left eye, that Amaterasu was born. She is also the sister of Susanoo the storm god and the Tsukuyomi the moon god. Amaterasu constantly quarreled with her mischievous younger brother Susanoo and finally having enough, Izanagi temporary exiled him from heaven.

She is also the sister of Susanoo the storm god and the Tsukuyomi the moon god. Amaterasu constantly quarreled with her mischievous younger brother Susanoo and finally having enough, Izanagi temporary exiled him from heaven. She became the ruler of the sun and the heavens along with her brother, Tsukuyomi, the Shinto god of the moon and ruler of the night. As the primary goddess of Shintoism, Amaterasu is still worshiped in Japan. Her shrine is at Ise.

The most famous myth involving her took place when her brother Susanoo attacked her temple in a drunken rage and killed several of her priestesses. Distressed by this, Amaterasu fled into a cave and darkness fell on the world.

## Appearance

Amaterasu is a goddess who can constantly change form, being able to appear as a child or an adult woman. During the pre-Flood period, Amaterasu assumed the appearance of a woman with long white hair and amber eyes, with a mature figure. Being desired and coveted by several gods, including her brother Tsukuyomi. She also had some red marks on her body and hair. Worshiped by eastern peoples, Amaterasu usually takes on a more japanese appearance.

Amaterasu can also appear as an animal, spawning by choosing a white wolf with crimson markings across her body and a tail shaped like a calligraphy brush. In her wolf form she can reach 100 meters in height. When summoned by Helena and Isaac, she assumed the appearance of a cute little girl, with long white hair and red eyes, possessing long fox ears on her head. She was dressed in a black fuku sailor-style outfit, with a red scarf at the collar.

In her current form, Amaterasu's physical appearance is that of a fit young woman with long black hair. Her hair is also tightened towards the bottom to prevent it from freely moving. She wears the standard clothes of a miko, a Japanese priestess.

## Personality

Amaterasu is a benevolent and compassionate deity, probably due to the fact that the sun to humans represents hope and life. Amaterasu has always had a good relationship with her father, Izanagi, being considered his favorite daughter. So much so that Izanagi appointed his daughter to rule the Takamagahara (aka Shinto Heaven), trusting her to do a good job. During her time ruling the shinto pantheon, she was always adored and respected by her followers, with her always answering their prayers when she could. She also had no problem descending to Earth to interact with humans, being one of the few goddesses who were seen personally by her followers.

In relation to Izanami, Amaterasu loves her mother, but admits that she is irritated by the fact that Izanami started to kill a thousand living beings a day just as a way to get revenge on Izanagi. Amaterasu has a good relationship with her brothers, especially with Tsukuyomi, where they even had a romantic relationship in the past. She is also respected among the other pantheons as a wise, fair and very powerful goddess. As for the Angels, Amaterasu has a certain repudiation of any being that comes from the Abrahamic Heaven, as she mentions that she will never forget what happened in the Flood.

## History

Amaterasu was born from the god of Izanagi and the goddess Izanami, more than a million years ago, at the dawn of humanity. She was the sister of the gods Tsukyoumi and Susanoo. Amaterasu was worshiped by early human peoples as the goddess of light and sun, which consequently, due to the collective unconscious, made Amaterasu the goddess who personifies the sun and its light, the light that brings hope to humanity, which reflected in Amaterasu being a benevolent, just and protective goddess of her faithful and followers.

After Izanami ended up in Hell and Izanagi failed to save her, the god of creation decided it was time for him to leave. With that, Izanagi called his three sons, and told them that he was leaving for a journey and that he would leave each of them to take care of a region while he was away, Susanoo would rule the seas, Tsukuyomi would rule the Moon, and finally, Amaterasu would be the one who rules the Takamagahara, the realm created by Izanagi himself for the shinto gods to live on. After leaving, Amaterasu took care of everything for her father, waiting for the day when Izanagi would return to continue ruling his pantheon, though deep in her heart, the Sun Goddess knew her father would not return, but at least he was resting.

Amaterasu was worshiped for thousands of years among human beings, until the fateful day when the Flood occurred, which resulted in the destruction of all human civilizations and, consequently, of the followers of the gods as well, forcing the deities to create their own dimensions so they can inhabit. Luckily for Amaterasu and her brothers, her father, Izanagi, had already created a dimension called Takamagahara, where the gods could stay during the Flood.

After the Great Flood passed, humans ended up separating and living far away from each other, which in turn caused the worship of the gods to diminish, with small groups still maintaining the tradition of their ancestors. However, with Amaterasu it was different in that as the Goddess of the Sun, she continued to be worshiped by humans (both directly and indirectly), with humans offering her various festivities and ceremonies such as the day to celebrate sunrise in spring.

With the passage of time, new sun gods came to appear, such as the Sun God Ra, or the Sun God Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto, which gradually led to worship of Amaterasu losing followers. Everything got worse after the birth of Jesus Christ, who founded Christianity, a religion that quickly spread throughout the Middle East and eventually throughout the world, and due to the commandment "you shall have no other gods", the pagan gods were increasingly abandoned , forcing them to remain living in their own realms, being invoked from time to time. The same happened with Amaterasu, even more because the day of the sun was replaced by Christmas, a date that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.

During the 22st century, Amaterasu was summoned by Helena and her younger brother Isaac, with them asking the goddess for a divine blessing from her so they could have powers related to light and the sun to defend themselves from demons, Amaterasu concentrated and blessed them both.

Amaterasu returned again to aid her father Izanagi and mother Izanami in the battle against the Abyss God Chaos and defeat him before he destroyed the universe. To help her father, she merged with Izanagi, as well as her brothers, increasing the power of the God Izanagi, for later he merged with Isaac Smith, who also merged with Izanami. Currently, Amaterasu inhabits Isaac's body and her soul is part of the Buddha's divine soul.

## Myths and Legends

In Kojiki, her name is unified to be "Amaterasu-Omikami" (天照大御神). In Nihon Shoki, she is more often addressed by her full title of "Amaterasu-Sume-Okami" (天照皇大神), or alternatively "Sume-Omikami" (皇大御神), which literally means the "Great Imperial Deity." In the medieval period, Amaterasu was often called "Tenshô Daijin" in on'yomi reading.

Other story says that Amaterasu blocked herself in a cave was due to an argument with Susanoo when he surprised the goddess with a monstrous flayed horse when she was quietly weaving in her palace with her younger sister Waka-hiru-me.

## Quotes

* *"Praise the Sun! ✰"* - Amaterasu.

* *"Oh yes, Amaterasu, she's like the Shinto version of my sister Uriel, only less intelligent and with a bigger bust."* - Gabriel.

* *"I am Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, dawn and light. I bring hope and the day to deliver those oppressed by darkness from the thick and dark nights. There has never been a day when the night could stop the light from coming and bring the morning with hope. And there is no problem that light cannot overcome."* - Amaterasu.

## Gallery

*The Shinto Goddess of the Sun* (Art by GENZOMAN)*Current human form* (Art from queen's blade unlimited)*Amaterasu's fanservice* (Art by Eiwa)*Amaterasu in Takamagahara* (Art by oosaki shin'ya)*Younger form* (Art by Mangaka Yoshizawa Megane)*Fox form* (Art by Vooron)*Izanagi's favorite daughter* (Art by Sakimichan)(Art by Maxwindy)*The Shining Heaven Amaterasu* (Art by Andantonius)
## Trivia

* Amaterasu is bisexual.
* As the primary goddess of Shintoism, Amaterasu is still worshiped in Japan.
* Despite being one of the weakest goddesses in the Shinto Pantheon, Amaterasu has a power level of approximately 400,000,000,000, i.e., she has a power 1,300 times that of Hera, being able to destroy over 400,000 Milky Way-sized galaxies.