• Amaterasu is the Goddess of the Sun and one of the most important deities in the Shinto pantheon. According to mythology, she is the daughter of the god Izanagi and goddess Izanami, and the elder sister of Susanoo, the god of the sea and storms. She is known for her beauty and radiance, and is often depicted as a radiant sun disk or a woman with long hair and a nimbus of light.

• Kagutsuchi is a Shinto deity associated with fire and volcanoes. He is often depicted as a fearsome and destructive god, with a fiery body and wild, unkempt hair.

•Tsukuyomi is a god of the moon in the Shinto religion, and one of the three primary deities of creation along with Amaterasu (the sun goddess) and Susanoo (the god of storms). According to mythology, Tsukuyomi was born when the god Izanagi washed his face after returning from the underworld, and was tasked with ruling over the night and the moon.

• Susanoo is a Shinto deity associated with the sea and storms, and is known as the brother of Amaterasu, the sun goddess, and Tsukuyomi, the moon god. According to mythology, Susanoo was born from the nose of his father, the god Izanagi, during his purification after his visit to the underworld.

•Inari is a Shinto deity associated with rice, agriculture, and foxes. Inari is one of the most popular and widely worshipped deities in Japan, with countless shrines dedicated to her across the country. Inari is often depicted as a beautiful woman dressed in white, holding a sheaf of rice, or as a fox, a revered animal in Japanese folklore.
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