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Yamata no Orochi legends are originally recorded in two ancient texts about Japanese mythology and history. 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 .
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 ...
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.
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 Province.
Yamata no Orochi The eight-headed dragon/serpent monster slain by the god Susanoo to rescue Kushinadahime, who would become his first wife. He found the sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi in one of its tails and gave it to Amaterasu to settle an old grievance between them. Yama-uba A crone-like yōkai who dwells in the mountains. Yamawaro
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.
They told him of a monstrous creature from the nearby land of Koshi known as the Yamata no Orochi ("eight-forked serpent") that had devoured seven of their eight daughters. Upon hearing this, Susanoo agreed to kill the serpent on condition that they give him their sole surviving daughter, Kushinadahime , to be his wife.
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