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.

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High Celestial Plain canonical 1

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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
surface form: 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 Shinto
surface form: Japanese mythology
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)

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Amaterasu residence High Celestial Plain