Susanoo
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Susanoo
Susanoo slaying the Yamata no Orochi, by Kuniteru
Susanoo (須佐之男（スサノオ） romanized as Susano-o, Susa-no-O and Susanowo?), also known as Tatehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto (建速須佐之男命?) is the Shintogod of the sea and storms. He is also considered to be ruler of Yomi.
In Japanese mythology, Susanoo, the powerful storm of Summer, is the brother of Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, and ofTsukuyomi, the god of the moon. All three were spawned from Izanagi, when he washed his face clean of the pollutants of Yomi, the underworld. Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed out his left eye,Tsukuyomi was born from the washing of the right eye, and Susanoo from the washing of the nose.
The oldest sources for Susanoo myths are the ca. 680 AD Kojiki and ca. 720 AD Nihon Shoki. They tell of along-standing rivalry between Susanoo and his sister. When he was to leave Heaven by orders of Izanagi, he went to bid his sister goodbye. Amaterasu was suspicious, but when Susanoo proposed a challenge toprove his sincerity, she accepted. Each of them took an object of the other's and from it birthed gods and goddesses. Amaterasu birthed three women from Susanoo's sword while he birthed five men fromher necklace. Claiming the gods were hers because they were born of her necklace, and the goddesses were his, he decided that he has won the challenge, as his item produced women. The two werecontent for a time, but Susanoo, the Storm God, became restless and went on a rampage destroying his sister's rice fields, hurled a flayed pony at her loom, and killed one of her attendants in a fit ofrage. Amaterasu, who was in fury and grief, hid inside the Ama-no-Iwato("heavenly rock cave"), thus effectively hiding the sun for a long period of time.
Though she was persuaded to leave the cave,Susanoo was punished by being banished from Heaven. He descended to the province of Izumo, where he met an elderly couple who told him that seven of their eight daughters had been devoured by the...
Susanoo slaying the Yamata no Orochi, by Kuniteru
Susanoo (須佐之男（スサノオ） romanized as Susano-o, Susa-no-O and Susanowo?), also known as Tatehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto (建速須佐之男命?) is the Shintogod of the sea and storms. He is also considered to be ruler of Yomi.
In Japanese mythology, Susanoo, the powerful storm of Summer, is the brother of Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, and ofTsukuyomi, the god of the moon. All three were spawned from Izanagi, when he washed his face clean of the pollutants of Yomi, the underworld. Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed out his left eye,Tsukuyomi was born from the washing of the right eye, and Susanoo from the washing of the nose.
The oldest sources for Susanoo myths are the ca. 680 AD Kojiki and ca. 720 AD Nihon Shoki. They tell of along-standing rivalry between Susanoo and his sister. When he was to leave Heaven by orders of Izanagi, he went to bid his sister goodbye. Amaterasu was suspicious, but when Susanoo proposed a challenge toprove his sincerity, she accepted. Each of them took an object of the other's and from it birthed gods and goddesses. Amaterasu birthed three women from Susanoo's sword while he birthed five men fromher necklace. Claiming the gods were hers because they were born of her necklace, and the goddesses were his, he decided that he has won the challenge, as his item produced women. The two werecontent for a time, but Susanoo, the Storm God, became restless and went on a rampage destroying his sister's rice fields, hurled a flayed pony at her loom, and killed one of her attendants in a fit ofrage. Amaterasu, who was in fury and grief, hid inside the Ama-no-Iwato("heavenly rock cave"), thus effectively hiding the sun for a long period of time.
Though she was persuaded to leave the cave,Susanoo was punished by being banished from Heaven. He descended to the province of Izumo, where he met an elderly couple who told him that seven of their eight daughters had been devoured by the...
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