animalCentipedeBeings · NatureCentipede as an animal people have named and used. Many steps, venom edge, under-stone — one living kind, not a single symbol.ShintoCentipede appears in Shinto.The Kojiki has Susanoo set Ōkuninushi to pick centipedes from his hair among the palace ordeals. A named centipede ordeal in that compilation, not a generic insect dump and not millipede as a second spelling of the same test.from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968appears in · sourced · documentedsourcesKojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.