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Orochimaru - cultural references #4

Yamata-no-Orochi - demon from japanese mythology, antagonist in the myth about god of wind and storm Takehayasusanoo-no-mikoto (known better as Susanoo) and princess Kushinada-hime.

According to Kojiki, it had a serpent-like form with eight heads and eight tails. Yamata-no-Orochi was big as eight hills and valleys, and its belly was always bleeding.

After Susanoo descended to the Earth, he met a pair of crying old people - Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi - with a girl in the land of Izumo near the river Hi. The girl was the last of pair's eight daughters. In past seven years, giant monster ate seven of them and now he got ready to devour the last, Kushinada-hime. Susanoo promised to defeat the serpent if he get girl's hand.

Susanoo ordered Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi to set a trap - build a fence with eight entrances where they put eight vats with a liquor destillated eight times.

As Susanoo predicted, the monster came and got drunk, then fell asleep. The god cut him into pieces with his sword totsuka-no-tsurugi. When he cut one of the tails, the edge of totsuka broke; in Yamata-no-Orochi's tail Susanoo found another sword - kusanagi-no-tsurugi, which he gave his sister Amaterasuōmikami.

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Japanese Mythology & Deities

Major Gods in the Chronicles (29)

Heavenly Peace River / Cont. ~ The three princesses of Munakata and the five princes

First, Amaterasu took the Totsuka Sword held by Susanoo and chewed it to pieces, and from the mist of her breath were born the following three goddesses:

Next, Susanoo received Amaterasu's "eight-foot-long ball of five hundred beads" and chewed them, and from the mist of his breath that he blew out were born the following five male deities:

Amaterasu took the later-born male deities as her own children because they were born from her own things and declared that the earlier-born goddesses were Susanoo's children because they were born from Susanoo's things. Susanoo said that his children were the gentle goddesses because his heart was pure, and Amaterasu forgave him.

日本神話と神様たち

記紀に登場する主な神々(29)

天の安河／その2 ~ 宗像三女神と王子五柱

まず、天照御大神（あまてらす）が須佐之男命（すさのお）の持っている十拳剣（とつかのつるぎ）を受け取って噛み砕き、吹き出した息の霧から以下の三柱の女神（宗像三女神）が生まれた:

次に、須佐之男命（すさのお）が、天照御大神（あまてらす）の「八尺の勾玉（まがたま）の五百箇のみすまるの珠」を受け取って噛み砕き、吹き出した息の霧から以下の五柱の男神が生まれた：

天照御大神（あまてらす）は、後に生まれた男神は自分の物から生まれたから自分の子として引き取り、先に生まれた女神は須佐之男命（すさのお）の物から生まれたから彼の子だと宣言した。須佐之男命（すさのお）は自分の心が潔白だから私の子は優しい女神だったといい、天照御大神（あまてらす）は彼を許した。