The story
- Japanese · borrowed from天照
- English todayAmaterasu
Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amaterasu
Today it means: The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi, and Kagutsuchi. Full definition →
Japanese 天照