AMATERASU The Japanese sun goddess, she had to hide from her brother, Susanowo, the storm god, who wreaked havoc on the land (although he was actually a god of the sea). He destroyed rice-fields, uprooted trees, and tore down sacred buildings. He even ripped the roof of his sister's weaving hall, frightened her ladies to death, and drove Amaterasu herself into hiding in a cave, the entrance to which Susanowo then sealed shut, preventing the world being lit by the sun, and wild spirits ran free across the Earth, darkness covering the world.