Some people believe these eclipses correspond to the tale of Amaterasu hiding herself in Ama no Iwato (the Cave of Heaven), or Iwato Gakure, in Kiki-shinwa (this story is included in the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and mythology). |
記紀神話に見る天岩戸にアマテラスが隠れたという記事(岩戸隠れ)に相当するのではないかという見解もある。 |