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Amaterasu Omikami is the lawful goddess of the Samurai pantheon.
Mythology
Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神/天照大御神) is the goddess of the sun in the Shinto religion. Her name means literally "the great august god who shines in the heaven". The encyclopedia entry is accurate.
Encyclopedia entry
The Shinto sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, is the central
figure of Shintoism and the ancestral deity of the imperial
house. One of the daughters of the primordial god Izanagi
and said to be his favourite offspring, she was born from
his left eye.
[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
