Ame-no-Uzume
the dawn-dancer, laughter that lured the sun
fireWhen the sun hid in a cave and the world went dark, Uzume danced so wildly that the gods roared with laughter and coaxed the light back out; to dream of her is to find that joy, not force, is what reopens a sealed door.
Fragments
A mirror was held to the widening crack, and the sun, seeing her own light for the first time, stepped out and could not be shut away again.
She overturned a tub and stamped upon it, and her stamping and her laughter shook the plain of heaven until the hidden goddess grew curious.
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