- Amaterasu:
- Sun Goddess
- Weaves the "dark web of Doom" with seven hand-maidens
- Scared of Susa-no-wo, fled upon his arrival
- Susa-no-wo:
- "Dragon of hell", "Demon of Fire"
- Showed up in the Hall of the Gods and caused Amaterasu to flee
- Some god crafted a mirror of gold
- Uzume:
- Goddess of laughter
- Danced and frolicked outside of Amaterasu's cave until Amaterasu awoke
- Used gold mirror to get Amaterasu to leave the cave
- Amaterasu looked in mirror, saw herself but thought it was a rival; ran out of the cave
- Taji-Karaô blocked cave with a boulder
- Idea: make into a myth about why the sun disappears every night
- Find a deity of stars, have him become the antagonist
- "Boy who cried wolf" type story, until star deity follows up on threats and actually brings Susa-no-wo to attack Amaterasu
- Thereafter, deity of stars comes to the Hall of the Gods every night, and Amaterasu flees until she knows that the stars are gone
- Include Uzume: person who tells Amaterasu when star deity is gone?
- Could also replace with a rooster-related deity - crow of the rooster signifying daybreak
Bibliography: The Miraculous Mirror from Romance of Old Japan, Part I: Mythology and Legend by E. W. Champney and F. Champney. Web Source
Image: Amaterasu by TI.A on Wikimedia Commons
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