sun goddessn.
/ˈsʌn ˌɡɒdᵻs/, /ˈsʌn ˌɡɒdɛs/, U.S. /ˈsən ˌɡɑdəs/ A goddess identified or specially associated with the sun. Chiefly with reference to the Shinto goddess, Amaterasu.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > the sun as
sunOE
sun god?1592
flame-god1598
sun goddess1839
Aten1877
1839 Foreign Monthly Rev. Oct. 588 The essentially Sintoo sovereign, the heir and representative of the sun goddess, the Mikado, saw in them the political enemies of himself and his dynasty.
1860 J. F. Campbell Pop. Tales W. Highlands II. 357 He went in where the Sun Goddess, daughter of the King of the Gathering of Fionn, was.
1861 G. Smith Ten Weeks Japan iv. 46 The great ‘Sun-goddess’..seems to be the principal object of divine adoration to the multitude.
1959 J. R. Levenson in D. S. Nivison & A. F. Wright Confucianism in Action 259 The Japanese myth begins with the sun-goddess and her Japanese warrior-offspring.
2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 284/2 The Emperor was said to be the divine leader of the nation and claimed lineal descent from the sun-goddess Amaterasu Omikami.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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