Amaterasu

English thumb|320px|Amaterasu emerging out of a cave, bringing sunlight back to the universe Etymology Borrowed from en ja 天照 Amaterasu, from ja 天 ama sky, the heavens + ja 照らす terasu to illuminate something. Pronunciation en /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/ EN en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Amaterasu.wav US en ɑːsuː 5 Proper noun en Japanese god Shinto 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. en Amaterasu-ōmikami en poetic The en Sun itself. Coordinate terms en Ame-no-Uzume Izanagi Izanami Kagutsuchi Ōyamatsumi Susanoo Tsukuyomi Translations Japanese sun goddess Arabic: ar أَمَاتِيرَاسُو f Belarusian: be Аматэрасу f Bulgarian: bg Аматерасу f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 天照大神 Tiānzhàodàshén French: fr Amaterasu f Georgian: ka ამატერასუ German: de Amaterasu f Greek: el Αματεράσου f Hebrew: he אָמָטֵרָאסוּ f Amaterásu Indonesian: id Amaterasu Italian: it Amaterasu f Japanese: ja 天照 Amaterasu, ja 天照大神, ja 天照大御神 Amaterasu Ōmikami Korean: ko ^아마테라스, ko ^아마테라스 오미카미 Malayalam: ml അമതേരസു Marathi: mr आमातेरासु f āmāterāsu Persian: fa آماتِراسو âmâterâsu Polish: pl Amaterasu f Portuguese: pt Amaterasu f Punjabi: pa ਆਮਾਤੇਰਸ f Russian: ru Аматэрасу f Spanish: es Amaterasu f Tamil: ta அமதெரசு Thai: th อะมะเตะระซุ à-má-dtè-rá-sú Ukrainian: uk Аматерасу f Vietnamese: vi Amaterasu, vi Thiên Chiếu en Sun Indonesian id: Etymology id ja - 天照 あまてらす. Pronunciation A.ma.té.ra.su Proper noun id Japanese god en Amaterasu Further reading Japanese Romanization あまてらす アマテラス Portuguese pt: Etymology Borrowed from pt ja 天照 あまてらす, Amaterasu, from ja 天 あま, ama sky, the heavens + ja 照らす てらす, terasu to illuminate. Proper noun f pt mythology Shinto en Amaterasu Japanese sun goddess pt Gods Sun