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The Yatagarasu is a three-legged crow said to inhabit the sun. A servant of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, the Yatagarasu serves the role of a guide. Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan, was led to Yamato by a Yatagarasu, where he ascended to the throne of emperor. As Jimmu was a descendant of Amaterasu, this is what allows the Japanese royal line to claim divine right. Yatagarasu literally means “Eight Span Crow”, which was just a way of saying “a very very big crow”. Alternatively, it could be referring to the luckiness of the number eight in Japanese culture.