Who did Amaterasu marry?

Amaterasu married Tsukuyomi
Tsukuyomi
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命), or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), is the moon god in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み, "reading, counting").
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, and for a time, she shared the sky with him, controlling the sun and day while he ruled the moon and night, until he killed the food goddess Uke Mochi. This killing prompted Amaterasu to label him an evil spirit and separate from him, creating the division between day and night.
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Are Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu married?

Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, and her brother Tsukuyomi, the god of the moon, were married.
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Does Amaterasu have a child?

Amaterasu has 5 sons Ame-no-oshihomimi, Ame-no-hohi, Amatsuhikone, Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi. Several figures and noble clans claim descent from Amaterasu most notably the Japanese imperial family through Emperor Jimmu who descended from her grandson Ninigi.
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Does Amaterasu have daughter?

Though the parentage of her children is unclear, Amaterasu is thought to have had them with her husband, Tsukuyomi. Their children include Ame no Oshihomimi, whose son Ninigi was given to Japan by Amaterasu; Ninigi's great-grandson, Jimmu, would go on to become the First Emperor of Japan (r.
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Why is Amaterasu female?

And while the role itself could likely have been played equally by a feminine male or a masculine female, the deity's status as imperial ancestral deity made it imperative, as noted earlier, that she be a female, with the result that Amaterasu came to be depicted as a "masculine" goddess.
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How hot is the Amaterasu?

Amaterasu Patera is a patera, a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is one of the darkest features on Io, and the measurement of its thermal spectrum (its temperature was estimated in 1979 to be 281 K) helped to support an anticorrelation between albedo and temperature for Ionian hotspots.
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What gender is Tsukuyomi?

There is so little known about Tsukuyomi that even their sex is unknown. Still, in Man'yōshū, Tsukuyomi's name is sometimes rendered as Tsukuyomi Otoko (月讀壮士, "moon-reading man"), implying that they are male.
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Is Amaterasu female?

Another name given to her is Ohirumenomuchi no kami. In "Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)," Amaterasu Omikami is referred to under different names, whereas in "Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters)" she is consistently cited as "天照大御神." Amaterasu Omikami is considered to be female, but some say the god is male.
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What is Susanoo the god of?

Take-haya-Susa-no-wo or Susanoo is the storm god of the Shinto religion. Younger brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu, he is infamous for his mischievous and sometimes destructive behaviour and therefore has a reputation as being something of a trickster.
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Who is chibiterasu dad?

Chibiterasu's father is Waka. At the end of Okami, Waka and Ammy left for the Celestial Plain together, and obviously have history, even though Ammy doesn't remember it due to being reincarnated.
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Who is the strongest god of Japan?

Amaterasu is the highest deity in Japanese mythology.
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Who is Ninigi?

Ninigi, in full Ninigi No Mikoto, Japanese deity, grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Ninigi's supposed descent to earth established the divine origin of the Yamato clan, the Imperial house of Japan. He is said to have been the great-grandfather of the first emperor, Jimmu.
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Who is Uke Mochi?

Uke Mochi or Ukemochi (保食神, meaning "Goddess who Possesses food" or "Goddess who Protects/Preserves food") is a Japanese goddess of food written about in the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki, and is worshipped in the outer portion of Amaterasu's shrine, the Ise Shrine.
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What is Izanami the god of?

Izanami (イザナミ), formally known as Izanami-no-Mikoto (伊弉冉尊/伊邪那美命, meaning "She-who-invites" or the "Female-who-invites"), is the creator deity of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess.
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What is Izanagi the god of?

From this Izanagi became the god of the land of the living, while she became queen of the land of the dead, and their marriage was ended. Cleansing himself with water from his interactions with the dead, three more deities were created by Izanagi as he washed his body.
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Why is Amaterasu a wolf?

Amaterasu's ink was drained by the stagnant air, and she was reduced to her mundane white wolf form.
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What kind of dog is Amaterasu?

Amaterasu (Japanese: アマテラス), also known as Ōkami Amaterasu (大神天照), is a fictional character from Capcom's video game Ōkami. She is a white wolf based on the Japanese goddess, Amaterasu (天照大御神, Amaterasu-ōmikami), in Japanese mythology.
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Is Kagutsuchi alive?

Because Kagutsuchi was a god of fire, Izanami suffered a burn on her pubic region in giving birth. This resulted in her death. Furious at this, Izanagi then killed Kagutsuchi with Totsuka no Tsurugi (the Sword Ten Hands Long) called 'Amenoohabari. '
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What does susanoo mean?

Susanoo, in full Susanoo no Mikoto, also spelled Susanowo, (Japanese: Impetuous Male), in Japanese mythology, the storm god, younger brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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Is Tsukuyomi stronger than Kotoamatsukami?

Kotoamatsukami is the perfect jutsu for manipulation, assassination, or political takeovers. In terms of battle usage, Tsukuyomi takes the edge. However, Kotoamatsukami comes out on top in sheer jutsu power.
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How was Tsukuyomi born?

Tsukuyomi and his siblings Amaterasu and Susanoo were born of the purification ritual Izanagi underwent following his trials in Yomi.
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Who can stop Amaterasu?

Almighty Push was able to blow out the Amaterasu,Gaara's Sand was able to douse the flames,and Naruto's Final Rasengan was able to cancel out an Amaterasu powered Chidori. So one of Naruto's attacks can overpower and cancel the Amaterasu too.
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Can Amaterasu burn the sun?

Said to be "the fires from hell" and to burn as hot as the sun itself, Amaterasu burns any material — other flames included — until nothing but ash remains. Throughout the series some objects have shown some degree of imperviousness to the flames such as Gaara's chakra-infused sand, and Naruto's Version 1 chakra cloak.
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How did obito survive Amaterasu?

the flames burn fairly slowly, sometimes allowing anyone struck by Amaterasu an opportunity to remove whatever clothing or body parts have been caught ablaze. This gave time Obito to separate him from his clothes.
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