human
What means this? I thought heaven and earth were dark, but now there is light. Uzume dances and all the gods laugh. Uzume answered:
gpt
It is true that I dance and that the gods laugh, because in our midst is a goddess whose splendour equals your own. Behold! Ama-terasu gazed into the mirror, and wondered greatly when she saw therein a goddess of exceeding beauty. She stepped from her cave and forthwith a cord of rice-straw was drawn across the entrance. Darkness fled from the Central Land of Reed-Plains, and there was light. Then the eight hundred myriad deities cried:
human
O, may the Sun-Goddess never leave us again.
gpt
I would have you choose another deity to do this work. Then the Great Heavenly Spirit and Ama-terasu called together the eight hundred myriad deities in the bed of the Tranquil River of Heaven. The Sun-Goddess spoke:
human
In the Central Land of Reed-Plains there is trouble and disorder. A deity must descend to prepare the earth for our grandson Prince Ruddy-Plenty, who is to rule over it. Whom shall we send? The eight hundred myriad deities replied,
gpt
Let Ame-no-ho go to the earth.