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Amaterasu (Shinto deity)

LC control no.no2015098225
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAmaterasu (Shinto deity)
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Variant(s)Amaterasu (Ōmikami)
Amaterasu (Oonmikami)
Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven (Shinto deity)
アマテラス (Shinto deity)
天照 (Shinto deity)
天照 (Ōmikami)
Other standard no.316435210 (Personal)
207048379 (Personal)
LocatedTakamagahara
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated
Found inAmaterasu no shōtai, 2014: t.p. (in title: アマテラス = Amaterasu [in kana])
Britannica online, July 21, 2015 (Amaterasu; in full: Amaterasu Ōmikami; Shinto deity; celestial sun goddess from whom the Japanese imperial family claims descent; b. from the left eye of her father, Izanagi, who bestowed upon her a necklace of jewels and placed her in charge of Takamagahara, the abode of all the kami; one of her brothers: the storm god Susanoo)
Encyclopedia of Japan, July 21, 2015 (Amaterasu Ōmikami; 天照大神 = Amaterasu Ōmikami; Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven; principal female deity of Shintō mythology; identified with the sun and regarded as the progenitrix of the imperial line; worshiped at the Inner Shrine (Naikū) of the ancient Ise Shrine)
Nihon kakū denshō jinmei j., July 21, 2015 (天照大神 = Amaterasu Ōmikami; r)
Nihon kokugo d.j., July 21, 2015 (天照大神・天照大御神 = Amaterasu Ōmikami; r; also: Amaterasu Oonmikami; r)
BnF in VIAF, July 29, 2015 (hdg.: Amaterasu‏, divinité shintoïste‏; x-ref.: Amaterasu Ōmikami, divinité shintoïste‏)
Sudoc in VIAF, July 27, 2015 (hdg.: Amaterasu Ōmikami, divinité shintoïste‏; x-ref.: Amaterasu‏, divinité shintoïste‏)
LCSH, July 27, 2015 (hdg.: Amaterasu Ōmikami (Shinto deity))
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