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Yamata no Orochi (ヤマタノオロチ, also 八岐大蛇, 八俣遠呂智 or 八俣遠呂知), or simply Orochi (大蛇), is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
As mentioned above, shrine legend claims that Susanoo hid Kushinadahime in the wooded area within the shrine's precincts known as Sakusame Forest (佐久佐女の森 Sakusame no mori) during his battle with the Yamata no Orochi. [20] Susa Shrine in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture; This shrine's deities are Susanoo, Kushinadahime, Tenazuchi and ...
Susanoo slays the eight-headed beast Yamata-no-Orochi Prince Yamato Takeru and his sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi. The history of the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi extends into legend. . According to Kojiki, the god Susanoo encountered a grieving family of kunitsukami ("gods of the land") headed by Ashinazuchi (足名椎) in Izumo P
After the sword's owner, Susanoo, was banished from heaven by the reason of killing one of Amaterasu's Attendants and destroying her rice fields, he descended to the Province of Izumo where he met Ashinazuchi, an elderly man who told him that the Yamata no Orochi ("Eight-Branched Serpent"), who had consumed seven of his eight daughters, was coming soon to eat the last one: Kushinada-hime.
Yamata no Orochi (八岐大蛇, lit. ' eight-branched giant snake ') was an eight-headed and eight-tailed dragon slain by the god of wind and sea Susanoo, who discovered the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (legendary sword of the Imperial Regalia of Japan) in one of its tails. Watatsumi (海神, lit. ' sea god ') or Ryūjin (龍神, lit.
Susanoo later presented the sword Kusanagi to Amaterasu as a token of apology; he had obtained it from the body of an eight-headed serpent, Yamata no Orochi. [ 7 ] At the conclusion of the Genpei War in 1185, the six-year-old Emperor Antoku and the Regalia were under the control of the Taira clan .
The term orochi (大蛇) means literally "giant snake", the well-known example being the Yamata no orochi, the eight-forked giant serpent. [68] [69] This monster that devoured maidens in Izumo Province [68] [70] was also a deity, and addressed as such by the hero-god Susanoo who defeated the snake. [f] [71] [72]
Susanoo (スサノオ; historical orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo'), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology.The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a multifaceted deity with contradictory characteristics (both good and bad), being portrayed in various stories ...