Ame-no-Uzume
When Amaterasu withdrew into a cave and the world went dark, Ame-no-Uzume turned a tub upside down, danced on it, and made the assembled gods laugh so loudly that Amaterasu looked out to see what was happening - and was shown her own reflection in a mirror, and came out.
The planetary, elemental, zodiacal, stone, herb and tarot values are modern Western correspondences chosen for coherence with the rest of the corpus, not ancient attributions.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Venus
Offerings
- Offerings
- SakeFlowersDanceLaughter
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- UzumeAme-no-Uzume-no-MikotoThe Dancer
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- The DancerKami of Dawn and MirthShe Who Lured the Sun
- Symbols
- Kagura danceMirrorCaveSake
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- TonePlayful and irreverentAddressAme-no-UzumeThe DancerShe Who Lured the SunRelationshipThe mirth that opens what grief closedWarning
she opens by making people laugh. Do not bring her to a working that needs solemnity.
ResonanceOpening what is shut mirth as method - Modern Practice
Worked with when something has shut itself away: a person in grief, a household gone quiet, a project that has stopped. The method is the myth - noise, laughter, a mirror held up - rather than a petition. The offering is sake and a dance, and the working is not solemn.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- MirthDanceDawnPersuasionLaughterOpeningCelebration
- Mythology Summary
When Amaterasu withdrew into a cave and the world went dark, Ame-no-Uzume turned a tub upside down, danced on it, and made the assembled gods laugh so loudly that Amaterasu looked out to see what was happening - and was shown her own reflection in a mirror, and came out. She is the kami of dawn and mirth, and the dance is the first kagura.
Details
- Secondary Planets
- Sun
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