Definition of Amaterasu omikami

1. Noun. Central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan.

Exact synonyms: Amaterasu
Generic synonyms: Japanese Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaterasu Omikami

Amaranthus
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus caudatus
Amaranthus cruentus
Amaranthus graecizans
Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Amaranthus spinosus
Amarasi
Amarillo
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis belladonna
Amata
Amaterasu
Amaterasu Omikami
Amati
Amatis
Amauropelta
Amaya
Amazigh
Amazighs
Amazon
Amazon River
Amazon ant
Amazon lilies
Amazon lily
Amazon milk frog
Amazon milk frogs
Amazona

Literary usage of Amaterasu omikami

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Great Japan: A Study of National Efficiency by Alfred Stead (1906)
"In the two first named, the divine mirror represents the Imperial Ancestor. TL-- is the mirror which, according to old histories, Amaterasu- Omikami gave to ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society by American Geographical Society of New York (1905)
"On this the god settled with his wife Izanami, another Adam and Eve, and they had five children. Their most beloved daughter Amaterasu—Omikami, goddess of ..."

3. The International Position of Japan as a Great Power by Seiji George Hishida (1905)
"The Emperor Jinmu, the first Mikado, is said to be the divine descendant of Amaterasu-Omikami, the Celestial Deity, who descended from heaven and created ..."

4. Evolution of the Japanese, Social and Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick (1903)
"... we find such statements as these: " From the time that Amaterasu-Omikami made Ni- nigi-no-mikoto to descend from the heavens and subject to his ..."

5. Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese by William Anderson (1886)
"... quoting from a certain chronicle, gives a brief account of this divinity, who is there called " Kaiko, the younger brother of amaterasu omikami. ..."

6. Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of by Pieter van Wesemael (2001)
"According to Japanese mythology the sun goddess, amaterasu omikami, is the highest deity and a direct ancestor ofthe imperial family. ..."

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