Uzume by alawyn81 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

My version of Uzume, an amazing Japanese goddess, who represents for me hope and happiness, things that we really need nowadays ☀️💛

Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan. She famously helped draw out the missing sun deity, Amaterasu Omikami, when she had hidden herself in a cave so she had an important role in the mythology. Her name can also be pronounced as Ama-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto. She is also known as Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, The Great Persuader, and The Heavenly Alarming Female. She is depicted in kyōgen farce as Okame, a woman who revels in her sensuality.