Amaterasu
the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
Historical Examples
When he asked the moonbase who she was, he was told that she was the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu.
Space Viking Henry Beam Piper
If they still mined it, Amaterasu would repay a second visit.
Space Viking Henry Beam Piper
Hey, you’re not thinking of selling Amaterasu plutonium and Beowulf gadolinium, are you?
Space Viking Henry Beam Piper
And there was rioting on Amaterasu, because of public indignation over a fraudulent election.
Ministry of Disturbance Henry Beam Piper
Amaterasu had had to begin by creating the industry they needed to create the industry they needed to build a ship.
Space Viking Henry Beam Piper
The sun goddess, Amaterasu, was offended and retired to a cave, withdrawing her luminous beauty from the world.
Plays of Old Japan Marie C. Stopes
Tanith and Amaterasu and Beowulf could work up a very good triangular trade; all three would profit.
Space Viking Henry Beam Piper
Beowulf had one, and another almost completed, and now there was an Amaterasu ship.
Space Viking Henry Beam Piper
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