Amaterasu Omikami

To this day, members of the Japanese royal family trace their shining descent to Amaterasu Omikami, the Heaven Illuminating Goddess, and display Her glowing image on their national flag.

Donna Henes: The Winter Solstice: The Sun Is Born! Donna Henes 2010

To this day, members of the Japanese royal family trace their shining descent to Amaterasu Omikami, the Heaven Illuminating Goddess, and display Her glowing image on their national flag.

Donna Henes: The Winter Solstice: The Sun Is Born! Donna Henes 2010

On Friday Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, hosted a ceremony honoring the Yellow Emperor, the mythical ancestor of the Chinese, just as Amaterasu Omikami is the mythical ancestor of the Japanese imperial house, at Yuanshan in Taipei.

Archive 2009-04-01 Michael Turton 2009

On Friday Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, hosted a ceremony honoring the Yellow Emperor, the mythical ancestor of the Chinese, just as Amaterasu Omikami is the mythical ancestor of the Japanese imperial house, at Yuanshan in Taipei.

Ma Worships the Yellow Emperor Michael Turton 2009

Textbook history states that Japan's emperors have existed in an unbroken line since Jimmu, the great-great-grandson of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

Textbook history states that Japan's emperors have existed in an unbroken line since Jimmu, the great-great-grandson of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami.

Japanese Imperial tombs are opened to view 2007

The name Himiko could mean "child of the sun", and may mean that Himiko herself deified is Amaterasu Omikami.

Sisters of Aphrodite: Radio 3 Sunday Feature Carla 2006

The shrine deity is Amaterasu Omikami, the goddess of legend who founded the Japanese imperial line thousands of years ago.

Tradition of renewal » Japundit Blog 2005

As for whether the “historical” figures of Jesus, Moses, etc were “real”, I think that, as in the case of other “historical” figures such as Hercules, Romulus/Remus, Lao Tzu or Amaterasu Omikami, they were probably *based* on a real person or an amalgamation of several real people — but, within the context of the “stories with a point”, it simply made no difference whether they were “real” or not.

Darwin on the argument from Ignorance - The Panda's Thumb 2005

The enshrined deity of the Inner Shrine is Amaterasu Omikami, the principal female deity in Shinto.

Timeless » Japundit Blog 2005