Yamata-no-Orochi
Japanese · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
The registry held the swordsman and not the serpent, which is the shape this programme has now found in seven traditions. What comes out of the tail is Kusanagi, the sword that passes through Ninigi, Yamato-hime and Yamato Takeru to Atsuta Jingu and is one of the three Imperial Regalia — so the throne's second symbol is loot from this animal. The eight vats are also worth noticing: the serpent is not fought, it is catered for.
Domains
- serpents
- monstrosity
Relations
- killed by: SusanooWritten one way because the existing Susanoo record cannot be given a reciprocal from here; the kill is the defining fact of both.Reference treatment of Susanoo cutting up the sleeping serpent and finding Kusanagi in its tail. (secondary)
Sources
- Yamata-no-Orochi is the eight-headed serpent of Koshi that ate seven of the eight daughters of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi and was killed by Susanoo with eightfold sake, yielding the sword Kusanagi from its tail.: Reference treatments of Yamata no Orochi and the Kojiki episode. (secondary)