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As a result of this legend, the dragon came to be worshipped as Kuzuryū Daimyōjin (九頭竜大明神, "Great God Nine-Headed Dragon). The expression "send up a white-feathered arrow" has come to mean "choose by lot." The legend continues, saying Mankan saw the dragon reform and change into a Dragon King. He then built a shrine to the dragon.
The 712 AD Kojiki transcribes this dragon name as 八岐遠呂智 and the 720 AD Nihon Shoki writes it as 八岐大蛇. In both versions of the Orochi myth, the Shinto storm god Susanoo (or "Susa-no-O") is expelled from Heaven for tricking his sister Amaterasu , the sun goddess.
Kuzuryu-sha (九頭龍社) literally means "nine-headed dragon shrine." It is dedicated to Kuzuryu-no-Okami, the deity of water, rain, and the prevention of tooth decay. [3] There is a goshuin stamp available at each of the five shrines. [3]
Chishiya and three others play "Balance Scale", a mathematics/logic game against Kuzuryu, the King of Diamonds and a former Beach executive member. Chishiya realizes that Kuzuryu has been trying to figure out if all lives have equal value; he gives Kuzuryu the chance to kill him, but Kuzuryu decides to let Chishiya win.
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu (九頭龍 冬彦, Kuzuryū Fuyuhiko) Voiced by (English): Derek Stephen Prince (game); [41] Aaron Dismuke (anime) [39] Voiced by (Japanese): Daisuke Kishio [9] [12] A wary student who is the successor of the largest yakuza family in Japan. He threatens violence to anyone who mentions his babyish face.
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The Kuzuryu Dam (九頭竜ダム, Kuzuryū-damu) is a dam in the city of Ōno in the Fukui Prefecture of Japan. The dam supports a 220 MW hydroelectric power station. [1] Hakogase Bridge. As a result of the series of developments, 530 private houses, 191 hectares of farmland, 868 hectares of forest and 81 km of roads in Izumi village were to be ...
The Kuzuryū River flowing beneath Katsuyama Bridge in Fukui. The Kuzuryū River (九頭竜川, Kuzuryū-gawa) is a river flowing through Fukui Prefecture, Japan.It has its source at the Aburasaka Pass (油坂峠 Aburasaka-tōge) in the city of Ōno and empties into the Sea of Japan near the city of Sakai.