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
• 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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• Rumanek_-_Was_Amaterasu_a_Male__in_StudiaOrientaliaSlovaca_2022_Vol21_No2__p.47-87._Bratislava.pdf
• Rumanek_-_Was_Amaterasu_a_Male__in_StudiaOrientaliaSlovaca_2022_Vol21_No2__p_btfhztkx.47-87._Bratislava.pdf

• 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.