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Amaterasu
A·ma·te·ra·su [  maa tə r soo ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Shinto Sun deity: the deity of the Sun and the most important deity of the Shinto religion. She is claimed to be the ancestor of the Japanese imperial family.
[Late 19th century. < Japanese]
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