Amaterasu rites: Arousing or calling back the Spirit of the Regenerating Solar-Earth Mother, Rice Mother, or Rice Daughter? | JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE

Although Amaterasu is most associated with her identity as a sun and weaving goddess, she is also credited with inventing the cultivation of rice and wheat(source: Amaterasu). Her role as sun goddess is significant mainly for her impact on the fertility of the rice crop or harvest. Susanoo is depicted as a mischief-maker and the destroyer…
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