Shinto Tales

I have chosen to use Japanese symbols for my numbers because of an ancient Shinto story of theirs about the sun goddess.

Amaterasu (or Amateras-Ohmikami) the Japanese sun goddess was born from the left eye of the primeval being Izanagi, making her his daughter. Izanagi was the ruler of the heavenly plains. In one the stories Amaterasu is driven to hide in a cave, this was until the god Uzume managed lured her out. As she exited the cave a beam of light, or the dawn, escaped.

As a consequence of reading this story not only will I use Japanese symbols but also add a few extra details to the lore of this alternate world:

- The star around which we orbit is called "Amateras" - after the sun goddess

- The device around it is called "Uzume" - it draws out the sun

- Our planet is known as "Susa" - because of its chaotic nature

- We often refer to ourselves as the children of Ama(terasu) and Susa

- The moon is "Sakaki" - after the Sakaki tree which hung the mirror Ama saw herslf in. The moon being the greatest mirror of the sun there is.

- Outer space is refered to as the (heavenly) plains

- The ancient ones who constructed the Sunsphere (now known as Uzume) are known as Izanagi's Aprentices.

This is a link to the Shinto tale I read:

http://www.lyricalworks.com/stories/amaterasu/amaterasu.htm