Japan - Goddess of Weaving

Asian Gods/Goddesses
The favorite weaving maiden of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu. She died when the evil Susanoo threw a flayed piebald colt through the roof of the "Heavenly Weaving Hall". Terrified, Wakahirume fell onto her shuttle, which fatally punctured her vagina. This so enraged Amaterasu that she closeted herself into the Sky-Rock-Cave, and only the creation of the world's first mirror could lure her back out. (In some interpretations, Wakahirume is the sun goddess' younger sister, or a younger dawn form of the divinity.)

Alone Among Women
An analysis of the myth of Wakahirume and different versions of the story of how she falls off her loom and injures herself with her shuttle.

The Story of Wakahirume

Far East Realm of the Forgotten Goddesses