“It is so old, and so motionless between feedings, that an entire forest grows on its back.”
“It is so old, and so motionless between feedings, that an entire forest grows on its back.”
Myth IV of II · Izumo Cycle
Test Myth – Susanoo
八岐大蛇 — Yamata no Orochi
The most cinematic myth in the Kojiki. A banished storm god, an old couple's last surviving daughter, eight vats of strong sake, and the sword that became one of the imperial regalia of Japan.