A lewd dance once lured the sun out of hiding
When the sun goddess hid in a cave and plunged the world into darkness, it took a rowdy, erotic dance to make her curious enough to return.
The Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu once retreated into a rocky cave after her brother, the storm god, threw a flayed horse through her weaving hall. With the world in a permanent eclipse, the other 800 gods gathered to lure her out. They didn't use prayers; they used a party. A minor goddess named Ame-no-Uzume overturned a tub, stood on it, and performed a lewd, rhythmic dance that caused the gods to roar with laughter.
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