Who is Japan's strongest god?

Amaterasu is the highest deity in Japanese mythology. In the most famous legend about her, she shuts herself away in a cave, bringing disasters to both the world and heaven.

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Birth of the Sun Goddess

In the legendary account of Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters), the god Izanagi and goddess Izanami create the islands of Japan. Izanami goes on to give birth to a host of deities of natural phenomena like the sea, mountains, grass, and wind, as well as those of ships and food. In giving birth to the fire deity Kagutsuchi, however, she burns her genitals and dies of her injuries. Grieving and alone, Izanagi seeks her out in Yomi, the realm of the dead. Izanami tells him he should not look at her, but he does not follow her words and discovers that she has become a rotting corpse covered in maggots. Terrified, Izanagi flees from Yomi, shaking off several pursuers. When he returns to our world (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni), he ritually purifies himself at the river mouth of Tachibana in Himuka. As he washes his face, three deities appear: the sun goddess Amaterasu when he pours water on his left eye, the moon god Tsukuyomi when he does so on his right eye, and Susanoo when he does so on his nose. These three are considered the most important of Izanagi’s offspring. In ancient Japan, place names conveyed the characteristics of the land. Himuka (日向) represents present-day Miyazaki Prefecture, facing (向かう) the bounty of the sun (日) on its eastern Nichinan Coast by the waters of the Pacific Ocean. From the perspective of the central province of Yamato, it was also viewed as an auspicious location; by an alternate reading, Himuka is where the sun (日) travels (向かう) west from Yamato. Tachibana takes its name from an evergreen tree with brightly colored citrus fruit. In the second volume of Kojiki, it is written that the tree was brought from Tokoyo, a land of eternal youth beyond the sea. In other words, Tachibana in Himuka is the total opposite of the gloomy land of the dead, and the ideal location for purification, which was why the three deities came into existence there. Izanagi was overjoyed at their birth, placing Amaterasu as ruler of the heavenly plain.

The Highest Deity

As the kanji of Amaterasu’s name (天, ama; 照, terasu) indicate, she was a sun goddess, shining (照) from heaven (天). The story of when she shuts herself away in a cave demonstrates the extent of her power in this role. When her younger brother Susanoo wreaks havoc on the heavenly plain, the frightened Amaterasu hides in a cavern, plunging both the heaven and world into darkness, which causes all kinds of disasters. The myriad gods gather and discuss what to do, deciding to perform a ritual—one involving a ribald dance and uproarious laughter—calling on her to emerge. Amaterasu is enticed from the cave, and shines on the earth and heaven once more. Her light is essential in both realms. This is why Kojiki says that her descendants came down to the world to rule Japan as emperors. Legitimizing the early Japanese state of Yamato might be called the main theme of the Kojiki legends. It is also the reason why Amaterasu is revered as the highest deity in Japanese mythology.

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