Word: ancestresses
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...chief of the sacred treasures of Japan is the mirror which contains the spirit of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, ancestress of H. I. M. The Emperor of Japan. Of such superlative sanctity is Amaterasu's mirror that for centuries no human eye has ever actually seen it. Rumored to be a round plate of polished metal, it rests in an elaborate tabernacle, shrouded in a cover of white brocade. When the brocade wears out a new cover is slipped over the old-no priest would dare peek...
...present Duke of Sutherland, lazying at Lausanne, saw a photograph of the portrait in the Sun, with a report of its presence in the U. S. For a moment the Duke wondered if he was bemused. But there could be no doubt that his pictured ancestress remained as she had for years, at his country home in Guildford, England. He so informed...
...Heaven" looked down compassionately through spectacles, from his great Louis XIV State Coach. Above the gorgeous vehicle a golden phoenix perched with wings spread-symbol of divine and inextinguishable Radiance. If the little slant-eyed man in spectacles really believes that he can talk with his Divine Ancestress Amaterasu-0-Mikami-as he is supposed to do several times a year-the farmer's plea must have stirred in His Majesty strange emotions...
...first event of the last series of pageants consisted in "pleasing" the sun goddess Amatersu Omikami (divine ancestress of the Emperor) by playing to her primeval and mystic music which lasted through the night. Then with elaborate ceremony the Son of Heaven offered boiled rice and strong drink to the Sun Goddess, partaking with her of the food and Sake. On succeeding days three grand banquets were held at which five of the most noble ladies of Japan performed symbolic ritual dances which each Tenno gazes upon once. Followed an imperial pilgrimage by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako...
...Place of Awe," in the Kashi-kodokoro, where rests the sacred metal mirror of the Divine Ancestress, they married...