World at War / Conflicts / Japanese Myth
Wars of the Kami
Withdrawal of Amaterasu
700 BC
Takamagahara
Status: ended
Casualties: A weaving-maiden killed by Susanoo's flayed horse
Susanoo, raging, broke the rice-paddy walls and flung a flayed horse through the roof of the heavenly weaving-hall, killing a maiden. Amaterasu, the sun, hid herself in the cave Ame-no-Iwato; the world fell into darkness. The kami gathered: Ame-no-Uzume's bawdy dance, the laughter of the eight million, the mirror outside the cave — and when curiosity drew Amaterasu out, the rope was sealed behind her. Kojiki I.
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Belligerents
- Susanoo's tantrums
- Amaterasu & the eight million kami
Casualties
A weaving-maiden killed by Susanoo's flayed horse
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