A brief analysis of the existence significance and self-value of female gods in Japanese mythology from the background of The Times -- taking Amaterasu and Izanami as examples

Abstract

Diferent from other countries, the Japanese royal family has the idea of “divine authority” and “blood of God”, and in Japan as a patriarchal society, Amaterasu, the highest god in mythology, is a female god. In Greek mythology, the appearance of women was often ac-companied by jealousy, guilt, or eroticism. On the contrary, in Japanese mythology, the female gods such as Moon reading God, Izanami, and Tiandian goddess all play an important role. This paper will take Amaterasu and Izanami as examples, and analyze from the background of The Times why Japanese scholars give such a status to female gods, and what kind of existence meaning and self-value of women as gods in mythology.