ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Amaterasu (Ōkami)

Okay kiddo, so there's this really cool goddess named Amaterasu. She's from a country called Japan where they believe in lots of cool gods and goddesses. Amaterasu is known as the goddess of the sun, which means she's really powerful and can make things grow and give us light and warmth.

Now, there's a story about how Amaterasu was born. She comes from a family of gods and goddesses, and her parents gave birth to her from their left eye. Yes, you heard that right, she was born from someone's eye! Kinda weird, huh?

Anyway, Amaterasu had a really special power called the power of the Celestial Mirror. This mirror had the ability to reflect things as they truly were, which meant it was super important to Amaterasu and her family. However, one day her naughty brother named Susanoo got drunk and caused a big mess. In his mess, he broke the Celestial Mirror which really made Amaterasu upset. She decided to hide in a cave to sulk and didn't come out, which made it really dark and sad all over Japan.

The other gods and goddesses realized that they needed to get Amaterasu out of that cave to brighten up the world again. They tried singing and dancing and even brought out the most beautiful goddess, but nothing worked. Then, one clever goddess named Uzume started a big party outside the cave. She danced and laughed so loudly that Amaterasu became curious and peeked out of the cave. When she saw all the joy and happiness outside, she decided to come out and bring light and warmth back to the world!

So, Amaterasu is a very cool goddess who is known for bringing light and warmth to Japan. She was born from an eye, had a special mirror, and even had a little tantrum in a cave. But in the end, she showed everyone just how important it is to come out of hiding and share joy with others.