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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Japanese Mythology

AMATERASU

In Japanese Shinto mythology, Amaterasu is the sun goddess and mother of Japan, grandmother of Jimmu Tenno, the first ruler of Japan. She is said to frown upon clothes not dried in the sun, and as such in Japan tumble-driers are very rare.
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