High Celestial Plain

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The High Celestial Plain is the heavenly realm in Shinto mythology where the gods, including the sun goddess Amaterasu, dwell.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
High Celestial Plain canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto cosmological realm ⓘ
heavenly realm ⓘ
mythological place ⓘ
accessedBy floating bridge of heaven ⓘ
appearsInStory descent of Ninigi to earth ⓘ
myth of Amaterasu’s retreat into the rock cave ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Amaterasu ⓘ
Imperial House of Japan (mythic ancestry) ⓘ
contrastedWith Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni ⓘ
Yomi ⓘ
cosmicLocation above the human world ⓘ
cosmologicalRole abode of the gods ⓘ
upper world ⓘ
cosmologicalTier highest of the three main realms in Shinto cosmology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance mythic source of imperial lineage ⓘ
origin place of many Shinto myths ⓘ
describedIn Kojiki ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ
governedBy Amaterasu ⓘ
hasAspect order ⓘ
purity ⓘ
inhabitantType kami ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Japanese mythology ⓘ
linked to: Shinto
nativeLabel 高天原 ⓘ
notableInhabitant Amaterasu ⓘ
Izanagi ⓘ
Izanami ⓘ
Susanoo ⓘ
Tsukuyomi ⓘ
opposedToAspect chaos ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
realmOf kami ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
romanization Takamagahara ⓘ
timeOfOrigin age of the gods (kamiyo) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amaterasu → residence → High Celestial Plain ⓘ