Susanoo

Storm god born from Izanagi's nose; slayer of Yamata-no-Orochi.

Parentage

• parent: Izanagi

Children

• Iso-takeru
• Oho-toshi
• Oho-ya-tsu-hime
• Suseri-bime
• Tsuma-tsu-hime
• Uka-no-mi-tama
• Yashimajinumi

Children in alternative accounts

• Ichiki-shima-hime: Oath: assigned to Susanoo because the sword was his (not sexual birth)Kojiki XIII–XIV, oath and allocation of children, XIII notes 15–17 (primary); Kojiki XIV, allocation and three Munakata shrines (primary)
• Ōkuninushi: Mark Schumacher, Daikokuten, Historical Notes and Shinto associationsMark Schumacher, Daikokuten, Historical Notes and Shinto associations (secondary)
• Ōkuninushi: Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.50–55: marriage and alternative descentsNihongi I, Aston translation, I.50–55: marriage and alternative descents (primary)
• Tagi-tsu-hime: Oath: assigned to Susanoo because the sword was his (not sexual birth)Kojiki XIII–XIV, oath and allocation of children, XIII notes 15–17 (primary); Kojiki XIV, allocation and three Munakata shrines (primary)
• Takiri-bime: Oath: assigned to Susanoo because the sword was his (not sexual birth)Kojiki XIII–XIV, oath and allocation of children, XIII notes 15–17 (primary); Kojiki XIV, allocation and three Munakata shrines (primary)

Domains

• storm
• sea
• pestilence and plague

Powers

• Slay the eight-forked serpent
• Raise tempests and wild winds

Epithets

• 須佐之男命 japanese · Susanoo-no-Mikoto · epithetThe Impetuous Male Deity; storm god born of IzanagiKojiki 古事記, Book 1; Nihon Shoki 日本書紀 (primary)
• 建速須佐之男命 japanese · Takehaya-Susanoo-no-Mikoto · epithetThe Brave-Swift-Impetuous Male; his full Kojiki nameKojiki 古事記, Book 1 (primary)
• 牛頭天王 japanese · Gozu Tennō · cultOx-Headed Heavenly King; his syncretic Gion-cult identityGion Shrine (Yasaka Jinja) cult; medieval shinbutsu-shūgō tradition (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: AmaterasuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Izanagi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: TsukuyomiFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Izanagi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• spouse: Kamu-oho-ichi-himeKojiki, section XX, ancestors of Okuninushi; Chamberlain translation and notes 1–22 (primary)
• social parent of: Takiri-bimeKojiki XIII–XIV, oath and allocation of children, XIII notes 15–17 (primary); Kojiki XIV, allocation and three Munakata shrines (primary)
• social parent of: Ichiki-shima-himeKojiki XIII–XIV, oath and allocation of children, XIII notes 15–17 (primary); Kojiki XIV, allocation and three Munakata shrines (primary)
• social parent of: Tagi-tsu-himeKojiki XIII–XIV, oath and allocation of children, XIII notes 15–17 (primary); Kojiki XIV, allocation and three Munakata shrines (primary)

Sources

• existence: Kojiki, vol. 1, 712 CE (primary); Nihon Shoki, vol. 1, 720 CE (primary)