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In the beginning, there was darkness, stars, and an endless ocean. Amongst the first gods born were two siblings named
Eventually, Izanagi washed his face in a stream, and from his left eye came
As time passed, things were going well until Tsukuyomi went to a banquet in his sister's honor, which was hosted by Uke Mochi, the goddess of food, who provided the feast by vomiting and/or defecating onto the table. Tsukuyomi was sickened and offended by this so he killed her. Amaterasu was so upset by this that she vowed never to look at Tsukuyomi again, running away whenever she saw him, which is why day and night are separate. Clearly, poor Amaterasu had to put up with a lot of abuse from her brothers.