Sun Goddess ［天照大神］ ( Tenshō Daijin or Amaterasu Ōmikami): The central deity in Japanese mythology. According to the oldest extant Japanese histories, The Records of Ancient Matters and The Chronicles of Japan, she is the progenitor of the imperial line and is said to live in Takamagahara (High Celestial Plain). The Sun Goddess was later adopted as a protective deity in Japanese Buddhism.