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Ame-no-Uzume
Goddess of dawn, mirth and revelry in the Shinto religion of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the wife of fellow-god Sarutahiko Ōkami. (-no-Mikoto is a common honorific appended to the names of Japanese gods; it may be understood as similar to the English honorific 'the Great'.) She famously helped draw out the missing sun deity, Amaterasu Omikami, when she had hidden herself in a cave. Her name can also be pronounced as Ama-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto. She is also known as Ōmiyanome-no-Ōkami, an inari kami possibly due to her relationship with her husband.[2] She is also known as Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, The Great Persuader, and The Heavenly Alarming Female.[3] She is depicted in kyōgen farce as Okame, a woman who revels in her sensuality.[citation needed]
Ame-no-Uzume | |
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Goddess of the Dawn, meditation, and the arts | |
![]() The statue of Ame-no-Uzume at Amanoiwato-jinja | |
Consort | Sarutahiko Ōkami |
Equivalents | |
Greek equivalent | Eos[1] |
Roman equivalent | Aurora[1] |
Hindu equivalent | Ushas[1] |
Nuristani equivalent | Disani[1] |