concept

Susanoo and Yamata no Orochi

Myth & story

The Kojiki episode of Susanoo slaying the eight-headed serpent and finding a sword in its tail. Not Susanoo as a being dump, and not dragon-slayer as a free motif alone.

Shinto

  • Susanoo and Yamata no Orochi appears in Kojiki.

    The Kojiki narrates Susanoo’s slaying of the eight-forked Yamata serpent and the sword drawn from its tail. Named episode in that text, not Susanoo as a being dump alone and not dragon-slayer as a free motif.

    from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Kojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)

    Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.