ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat is your favorite mythological figure (of ancient religions only)?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite mythological figure (of ancient religions only)?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThe Shintō sun goddess Amaterasu is quite interesting. As is the whole Shintō origin story.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicked_%2B_The_Divine the tl, dr is that every 90 years a dozen young people become reincarnations of various ancient gods from all over the world. Amaterasu is one of these. Fun book and worth a look
The Shintō sun goddess Amaterasu is quite interesting. As is the whole Shintō origin story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicked_%2B_The_Divine
the tl, dr is that every 90 years a dozen young people become reincarnations of various ancient gods from all over the world. Amaterasu is one of these.
Fun book and worth a look