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Japanese Shinto God of Lightning, storms, the seas, thunder, the underworld, fields, the Harvest, marriage, and love. He’s one of the first three kami gods to be born from the Creator god Izanagi after his wife Izanami was left in Yomi, the land of the dead. Sosanoo’s two other siblings were Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun and Tsukuyomi, the god of the moon. The sun and moon kami were born from Izanagi’s eyes while Susanoo was born from his father’s nose (which basically describes him, a snotty kid). Izanagi set these three gods at the head of the heavenly bureaucracy and selected Susanoo as its guardian.

Susanoo is chaotic and quick to anger, but also ultimately an imperfect hero in Japanese mythology.

It soon became apparent that Susanoo was too stormy to remain in the highly-ordered Heavens, he was complaining about wanting to stay with his mother than in heaven. Following this realization, Izanagi proceeded to banish his son, a sentence that Susanoo accepted. Before he left, however, Susanoo went to say goodbye to his sister Amaterasu, with whom he regularly quarreled.
Amaterasu was suspicious of his sincerity, and Susanoo challenged her to a contest to prove it.

They would take the other’s object and see who could create the best kami. Amaterasu took his sword and created three women; from her necklace, Susanoo created five men.

This proved a trick on her part: she claimed that because the necklace was hers, the men were hers. Meanwhile, the women she had produced from his sword were his. Thanks to her clever interpretation of the rules, Amaterasu won the contest.

Enraged by this result, Susanoo went on a destructive rampage. He destroyed his sister’s rice field before flaying one of her horses and hurling its body at her sacred loom. This thrown horse killed one of her handmaidens and caused Amaterasu to flee in grief. Susanoo was banished following his rampage, but without Amaterasu, the world remained dark and stormy.

Banished from heaven, Susanoo descended to the waters of the River Hi in the Izumo province. There, he heard a person weeping and he went in search of the origin of the sound. Eventually, he found an elderly couple and he asked them why they were crying.

The couple told Susanoo about an eight-headed dragon from the sea, Yamata-no-Orochi. The evil beast had already devoured seven of the couple’s eight daughters and he was soon going to come and eat their last daughter – Kushinada-hime.

Angered, Susanoo decided that he wouldn’t stand for this and he would confront the dragon. To protect Kushinada-hime, Susanoo turned her into a comb and put her in his hair. Meanwhile, Kushinada’s parents filled a tub with sake and left it outside their home for the dragon to drink.

When Orochi came later that night he drank the sake and fell asleep by the tub. Susanoo, wasting no time, jumped out, and sliced the beast into pieces with his sword.

As he split the dragon’s tail, however, his sword Totsuka-no-Tsurugi broke into something. Susanoo was puzzled, so he pushed his broken blade further into the monster’s flesh and discovered an unexpected treasure – the legendary sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, also known as the Grass-Cutter or the Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds.

Thankful for the kami’s help, the elderly couple offered Kushinada’s hand in marriage to Susanoo. The storm kami accepted and Kushinada became Susanoo’s wife.

Not ready to move on with his life, however, Susanoo returned to his heavenly realm and gifted Amaterasu with the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword in an attempt to make amends. The sun goddess accepted his penance and the two put their quarrels behind them. Later on, Amaterasu gave the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword to her grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto together with her mirror Yata no Kagami and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama.

He soon made his Wife a goddess.

He despises Yahweh, and often causes trouble for him by causing storms in heaven.

Description
Japanese Shinto God of Lightning, storms, the seas, thunder, the underworld, fields, the Harvest, marriage, and love. He’s one of the first three kami gods to be born from the Creator god Izanagi after his wife Izanami was left in Yomi, the land of the dead. Sosanoo’s two other siblings were Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun and Tsukuyomi, the god of the moon. The sun and moon kami were born from Izanagi’s eyes while Susanoo was born from his father’s nose (which basically describes him, a snotty kid). Izanagi set these three gods at the head of the heavenly bureaucracy and selected Susanoo as its guardian.

Susanoo is chaotic and quick to anger, but also ultimately an imperfect hero in Japanese mythology.

It soon became apparent that Susanoo was too stormy to remain in the highly-ordered Heavens, he was complaining about wanting to stay with his mother than in heaven. Following this realization, Izanagi proceeded to banish his son, a sentence that Susanoo accepted. Before he left, however, Susanoo went to say goodbye to his sister Amaterasu, with whom he regularly quarreled.
Amaterasu was suspicious of his sincerity, and Susanoo challenged her to a contest to prove it.

They would take the other’s object and see who could create the best kami. Amaterasu took his sword and created three women; from her necklace, Susanoo created five men.

This proved a trick on her part: she claimed that because the necklace was hers, the men were hers. Meanwhile, the women she had produced from his sword were his. Thanks to her clever interpretation of the rules, Amaterasu won the contest.

Enraged by this result, Susanoo went on a destructive rampage. He destroyed his sister’s rice field before flaying one of her horses and hurling its body at her sacred loom. This thrown horse killed one of her handmaidens and caused Amaterasu to flee in grief. Susanoo was banished following his rampage, but without Amaterasu, the world remained dark and stormy.

Banished from heaven, Susanoo descended to the waters of the River Hi in the Izumo province. There, he heard a person weeping and he went in search of the origin of the sound. Eventually, he found an elderly couple and he asked them why they were crying.

The couple told Susanoo about an eight-headed dragon from the sea, Yamata-no-Orochi. The evil beast had already devoured seven of the couple’s eight daughters and he was soon going to come and eat their last daughter – Kushinada-hime.

Angered, Susanoo decided that he wouldn’t stand for this and he would confront the dragon. To protect Kushinada-hime, Susanoo turned her into a comb and put her in his hair. Meanwhile, Kushinada’s parents filled a tub with sake and left it outside their home for the dragon to drink.

When Orochi came later that night he drank the sake and fell asleep by the tub. Susanoo, wasting no time, jumped out, and sliced the beast into pieces with his sword.

As he split the dragon’s tail, however, his sword Totsuka-no-Tsurugi broke into something. Susanoo was puzzled, so he pushed his broken blade further into the monster’s flesh and discovered an unexpected treasure – the legendary sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, also known as the Grass-Cutter or the Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds.

Thankful for the kami’s help, the elderly couple offered Kushinada’s hand in marriage to Susanoo. The storm kami accepted and Kushinada became Susanoo’s wife.

Not ready to move on with his life, however, Susanoo returned to his heavenly realm and gifted Amaterasu with the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword in an attempt to make amends. The sun goddess accepted his penance and the two put their quarrels behind them. Later on, Amaterasu gave the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword to her grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto together with her mirror Yata no Kagami and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama.

He soon made his Wife a goddess.

He despises Yahweh, and often causes trouble for him by causing storms in heaven.