ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 months agoWhat is your favorite mythological figure (of ancient religions only)?message-square70fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite mythological figure (of ancient religions only)?ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecircuitfarmerlink4•5 months agoThe Shintō sun goddess Amaterasu is quite interesting. As is the whole Shintō origin story.
minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•5 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