Miscellaneous Myths: Amaterasu and the Cave

With the onset of northern-hemisphere winter on the horizon, it felt ALMOST appropriate to take a minute to discuss a Japanese myth about the sun taking a holiday! So here's a short, sweet video about the near-end of the world and how it was saved by a strategically placed naked lady.

WARNING: all parties involved are professional deities. do not attempt to lure your depressed friends out of the house by stripping.

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[asianguy]

2:05
“pops her head out the cave, sees the roosters, the mirrors, and the enthusiastically naked dawn goddess and
*comes out for real* ”

[kaylenvee]

No wait, I've got it! She's the Goddess of dawn! Dawn has to 'reveal' itself completely before the sun can fully 'come out'. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

[menezes]

P.O.V: You are sulking in a cave because your brother is a jerk and when the others finally convince you you to come out, you are met with several chickens, a large mirror, and one of your friends, who is standing on a rock completely naked and smiling like an idiot.

Mythology is the best.

[sflaningam]

I love the fact that, despite being gods, they still went by the "try every random idea until something works" logic.

[djvega]

Can I not be the only one who finds it ironic that the sun got flashed?

[littlekuribohimposte]

“So I need you to get naked”
Ame-No-Uzume: _Already pulling her top off_ Is that all?

[alexandraluster]

"Throwing a flayed pony into your weaving hall" sounds like a very, very strange Southern saying.

[mollsgreys]

The Gods: "AMATERASU, COME OUT!"
Amaterasu: "IM GAY"
Ame No Uzume No Mikoto: "NOT WHAT WE MEANT BUT I SUPPORT YOU!"

[tiredbutlucid]

I showed this to a coworker and his immediate response was "well yeah she's into girls, of course roosters wouldn't work"

[leshyaedawnfire]

I like how it's the "Dawn" Goddess who brings the "Sun" Goddess out of hiding! Now I can pretend that every sunrise is a new strip-tease. I accept this mythological head-cannon.

[shingshongshamalama]

Nobody:
Tsukuyomi: "For reasons I refuse to elaborate to anyone I think we should give Amaterasu a naked chick to ogle. Trust me on this."

[joaovitorfarinabraga]

I love when mythology takes a break of being a human interpretation of nature’s concepts and the universe as a hole and simple turns into an episode of monty python ( Norse mythology specially )

[ronniemirano]

"Ladies! Gentlemen! Those of us whose gender fluctuates from myth to myth!" Gold, just absolute gold.

[juanpablomontalvo]

So this is basically the D&D campaign that was saved by the bard rolling a nat 20 on seduction

[renworksfornow]

From Greece to Japan, the sun is always gay in some form

[downsidebrian]

I know that Amaterasu and Apollo are just two data points, but I'm officially convinced that all ancient cultures somehow knew that the sun is gay.

[JunkJester]

Confirmed: Ami is a big gay.

Hell, if people offered a strip tease to get me out of a cave, I'd probably go for it, too.

[scarred-healer]

2:07
wait...did Amaterasu have a solar flare at seeing a naked goddess?
Is...is solar flaring Amaterasu's sign that she's turned on?


I never thought I asked this question in my life

[CthulhuianBunny]

Where's the cute, fan service-laden, yuri anime based on Amaterasu being smitten by Ame-no Uzume?

[willowarkan]

Love that this story is mentioned in the Wikipedia article about lgbt+ themes in mythology.