Amaterasu and the Cave

Japanese myth · c. 712 CE · Myth / Legend · Japanese · Medieval

After her brother wrecks her rice fields and her weaving hall, the sun goddess shuts herself inside a rock cave and the world goes dark. The other gods gather at the entrance, hang a mirror and jewels on a tree, and set a goddess dancing until the whole assembly is roaring. Curiosity does what force cannot, in the myth that seats the sun at the head of the imperial line.

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Lineage

• ↓ Raven Steals the Light
  Haida / Tlingit myth · c. 1700 CE · Myth / Legend — parallels this

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