Inazuma Lore: A Series Part 2/?
Part 1 was about historic setting, part 2 will be very long, about one of my favorite characters and her beautiful lore.
As we all know, Kokomi is the Head-Priestess of Sangonomiya Shrine and, I haven’t actually seen anyone saying this but, the people of Watatsumi Island are supposed descendants of the people from the Enkanomiya following Orobashi’s purpose of creating human-like serpent, so she should be descendant of Orobashi and the serpent creatures/vishaps.
“ The ancient people of Enkanomiya co-worshipped Orobashi, the coral serpent, with Ouroboros, the scaleless imaginary serpent. Its influence led to the end of the worship of the Dainichi Mikoshi and many of the corrupt practices established by the Sunchildren regime. Orobashi brought with its newfound rule drastic changes to Enkanomiya society, including changing from the ancient Watatsumi language to the Narukami-style language. Following a certain prophecy, it prepared the people of Enkanomiya to return to the surface world and had them become acclimated with Narukami and Inazuman conventions.“ [source]
Enkanomiya’s story is way more elaborated but I’ll focus exclusively on Orobashi first.
He is a serpent, he gets addressed as Orobashi no Mikoto (オロバシノミコト), like Gods are usually addressed, and his name comes from the word “orochi”, which means serpent.
In Japanese Mythology different type of serpents exist, one of them is called Yamata no Orochi (ヤマタノオロチ, also 八岐大蛇), or simply Orochi (大蛇), who’s a eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent. (besides the ancient orochi reading, 大蛇 is read daija, "big snake; large serpent").
Japanese Myths can be founded in two books, Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the first two ancient books in Japanese language, which tell the stories of the Japanese Gods and creation of Japan.
In both versions of the Orochi myth, the Shinto storm god Susanoo, God of Thunder, is expelled from Heaven for tricking his sister Amaterasu, the sun goddess. After the expulsion from Heaven, Susanoo encounters two "Earthly Deities" weeping because they were forced to give Orochi one of their daughters every year for seven years. When time came for Orochi to get the eight daughter, Susanoo helped them by getting Orochi drunk, intoxicated by the drinking all his heads lay down and slept and Susanoo killed him with his sword.
The parallel in-game for this myth would be Raiden Shogun killing Orobashi, just like Susanoo kills Orochi, during the Archon War, creating the Musoujin Gorge on Yashiori Island, and Serpent’s Head being Orobashi remains.
In the Myth, Susanoo makes Orochi intoxicated with a rice wine (sake) called Yashiori no Sake (八塩折之酒/八醞酒 "eight-fold refined liquor").
This being said, Orobashi can be linked to another dragon/serpent God because of his purpose of creating a human-like serpent creature and dream of living above surface.
Ryūjin (龍神), which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi (大海神 “great sea god”), was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. In many versions Ryūjin had the ability to transform into a human shape. Many believed the god had knowledge on medicine and many considered him as the bringer of rain and thunder.
Ryūjin lived in his palace under the sea built out of red and white coral, pearls, crystal, and sea creatures like jellyfish, turtles, fishes are his servants.
There’s several Shrines dedicated to this particular god in Japan, the model for the Sangonomiya Shrine (珊瑚宮 "Coral Palace") whose Kokomi is Head-Priestess, is located in Okinawa, Shuri Castle.
The Ryūgū-jō (竜宮城 "Dragon palace castle") in myths, is also palace of princess Otohime (乙姫), second daughter of the Dragon King (Ryū-ō). [see folktale of Urashima Tarō for the story]
In conclusion, all of this is what brings me to believe Kokomi is a descedant in human form, of Orobashi.
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