Was Amaterasu a Male and Where Did their Descendants Come from? A Study in the Genesis of Japonic

Authors	RUMÁNEK Ivan
Year of publication	2022
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Studia orientalia Slovaca
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
Citation
web	https://fphil.uniba.sk/fileadmin/fif/katedry_pracoviska/kvas/SOS_21_2/SOS_21_2.pdf
Keywords	Yamato court; solar cult; Amaterasu; Susanoo; Niniki; Usa; kami
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Description	In this study, mythology is used to complement archaeological data in order to elucidate particular linguistic processes in the genesis of the Japanese language. Phonosemantic matching, transitory borrowing, taboos, or political interventions in the language are identified in the etymology of some crucial Old Jpaanese terms.