{"id":4433,"date":"2026-04-27T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/susanoo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:26:49","slug":"susanoo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/susanoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4433\" class=\"elementor elementor-4433 elementor-2079 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Susanoo, god of the Japanese tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo is a god of the Japanese <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>.<\/p><p><strong>Storm god, dragon slayer, wildness tamed.<\/strong> Susanoo is Japan&#8217;s mythical god of rebellion: spirited, headstrong, powerful. As the brother of Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, he carries the demonic energy of the storm, of the chaos wind.<\/p><p>The Kojiki <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A handed-down narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> first presents him as a destructive ruffian, then as a hero: he subdues the eight-headed dragon Yamata-no-Orochi and rescues the goddess Kushinada-hime. From the dragon&#8217;s body he draws the legendary sword *Kusanagi*, one of the three imperial treasures and a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> of untamed power.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ goddess: personified highest power in the pantheon of a culture, with clear areas of responsibility: forces of nature, fate, war, fertility. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_japan_susanoo-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4434\" alt=\"Susanoo - gods from the Japanese tradition, historical-illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_japan_susanoo-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_japan_susanoo-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_japan_susanoo-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_japan_susanoo.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Susanoo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Overview: Susanoo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Japanese principal <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span>), storm and sea god<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pantheon<\/span>: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span><br>Function: storm and sea, destruction of the dragon Yamata-no-Orochi, source of the imperial sword Kusanagi<br>Main attributes: sword (Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and Kusanagi), wild hair, storm aura<br>Main <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> sites: Susa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Shimane (main cult site), Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Kyoto (as Gozu Tenno <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Merging of ideas or deities from different religious traditions.\" tabindex=\"0\">syncretism<\/span>)<br>Siblings: Amaterasu (sun), Tsukuyomi (moon)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the Texts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo (Jap. <em>Susanoo-no-Mikoto<\/em>) is attested in literature since the 8th century CE in the <em>Kojiki<\/em> and <em>Nihon shoki<\/em>. Main myth: after the conflict with Amaterasu (he defiles her rice fields, kills one of her weaving servants, and she withdraws into the Iwato cave) Susanoo is banished to the earthly world.<\/p><p>In Izumo (present-day Shimane Prefecture) he slays the eight-headed dragon <em>Yamata-no-Orochi<\/em>; from its tail he cuts the sword <em>Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi<\/em>, which becomes one of the three imperial regalia.<\/p><p>The main flourishing of Susanoo <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The scholarly doctrine of God and of the faith of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span>: the Heian and Kamakura periods. In the Middle Ages he was syncretized with the Buddhist-Daoist <em>Gozu Tenno<\/em> (Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Kyoto).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Area of Distribution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Main cult sites: <strong>Susa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span><\/strong> in Shimane (main cult site, mythical place of action), <strong>Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span><\/strong> in Kyoto (with the famous Gion Matsuri, one of the largest Japanese festivals), <strong>Hikawa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span><\/strong> in Saitama (protective shrine of the Tokyo region), and Kumano shrines.<\/p><p>The Susanoo veneration in the Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> as Gozu Tenno was the largest <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> of Kyoto in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source Situation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Central sources: <em>Kojiki<\/em> (Book I, detailed Susanoo episodes), <em>Nihon shoki<\/em> (Book I), <em>Izumo Fudoki<\/em> (8th-century regional tradition), <em>Engi-shiki<\/em>.<\/p><p>Secondary literature: Aston, <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span>. The Way of the Gods<\/em>; Kanda, <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span> in History<\/em>; Heldt (trans.), <em>The Kojiki<\/em>; Bocking, <em>A Popular Dictionary of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span><\/em>; McCullough, <em>Yoshitsune. A Fifteenth-Century Japanese Chronicle<\/em> (on the Gozu Tenno tradition).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Designation and Spellings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo is depicted as a powerful, often barbaric-looking god: long hair, a wild and muscular form, lightning around him. He often wears war armor or primitive garments.<\/p><p>The Kusanagi sword (<em>sword of the grass<\/em>, which can cut the wind) is his primary <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>, not as an <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A vivid image that stands for an abstract idea.\" tabindex=\"0\">emblem<\/span> of violence but as a <em>mononoke<\/em> weapon, a supernatural one.<\/p><p>Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon, is shown as a giant serpent with a red underbelly. Rain, thunder and whirlwind are visual signs of Susanoo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Characteristics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo is the god of storms, of rain and of disordered chaos, but also of will and of overcoming. In the Izumo-Taisha <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> he is venerated as a witness of marriages (a gentler aspect), as a protector against evil <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> (<em>mononoke<\/em>) and as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> of raw power that can be tamed.<\/p><p>His dragon-fight story is psychological: the hero does not conquer through brutality but through cunning (he makes the dragon drunk). In the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A handed-down narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> Susanoo&#8217;s descendants are war gods and war ministers, which reinforces his role as a force of chaos under control.<\/p><p><strong>Appearance and symbolism<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Susanoo<\/em> is portrayed as a muscular, sometimes wild-looking man, often with long hair. He carries the legendary sword Kusanagi (&#8220;grass-cutting sword&#8221;). His body is swirled about by storm clouds or lightning. He is sometimes shown with an evil or grim expression, sometimes fighting against a giant serpent (Yamata no Orochi).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Susanoo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most important aspects of Susanoo at a glance. The following fields summarize origin, function, appearance, veneration, symbols and cultural parallels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Susanoo's Origin<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo emerges from Izanagi&#8217;s nose as he purifies himself after returning from Yomi, while Amaterasu emerges from the left and Tsukuyomi from the right eye. His character is characteristically wild and ambivalent: on the one hand a destructive storm (the conflict with Amaterasu), on the other a heroic dragon slayer (the Yamata-no-Orochi <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A handed-down narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>).<\/p><p>Husband of <em>Kushinada-hime<\/em> (whom he rescues from the dragon). Father of <em>Okuninushi<\/em>, founder of Izumo and one of the greatest heroes of Japanese <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the handed-down narratives about gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Object of Influence<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Storm and sea god. Protection against natural disasters (storm, tsunami) through <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The pleading or invoking address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span>. In the Gozu Tenno <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Merging of ideas or deities from different religious traditions.\" tabindex=\"0\">syncretism<\/span> also a patron against plague and illness (the Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> and the Gion Matsuri are originally plague-warding rites). Patron of heroes and warriors through his heroic dragon-slayer <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A handed-down narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>. In personal <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span>, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The pleading or invoking address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span> in acute emergencies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Form<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A wild masculine body with long, disordered hair, a powerful build, in simple dress or warrior&#8217;s garb. Sword in hand (Totsuka-no-Tsurugi or Kusanagi). Frequently depicted in fighting pose against the eight-headed Yamata-no-Orochi dragon.<\/p><p>In Gozu Tenno form: an ox-headed figure with a fiery countenance (Chinese-Buddhist influenced). In folk theater (Kabuki, Noh) often portrayed as a heroically carried figure with dramatic gestures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sphere of Influence<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sphere of influence:<\/strong> Susanoo is regularly <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> at his main cult sites, before journeys, in storm threat, against illness.<\/p><p>The <em>Gion Matsuri<\/em> in Kyoto (July, running 30 days) is one of the largest and most splendid Japanese festivals, originally founded as a plague-warding <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic acts with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> (869 CE, following an epidemic). In the Hikawa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> complex, protection for the Tokyo region. In rural Japan also an agricultural protective god.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Protection<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sword (Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi), the Yamata-no-Orochi dragon (antagonist), wild hair, warrior&#8217;s garb. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">Sacred<\/span> plants: none specific. Sacred animals: in Gozu Tenno form the ox. Sacred mountains: Mount Susa in Shimane.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparable Figures<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Gozu Tenno<\/em> (Buddhist-Daoist, medieval <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Merging of elements from different religions or cults into new mixed forms, for example in Haitian Vodou (Lwa and Catholic saints).\">syncretism<\/span>), <em>Thor<\/em> (Germanic, storm and dragon slayer), <em>Indra<\/em> (Hinduism, slayer of Vritra), <em>Marduk<\/em> (Mesopotamia, slayer of Tiamat), <em>Apollo<\/em> (Greece, slayer of Python), <em>Perseus<\/em> (Greece, slayer of Medusa and the dragon), <em>Beowulf<\/em> (Germanic, dragon slayer), <em>St. George<\/em> (Christian). Susanoo is one of the most famous East Asian dragon-slayer heroes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practice of Protection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Rituals of veneration<\/strong><\/p><p>Susanoo (Jap. \u9808\u4f50\u4e4b\u7537, &#8220;Wild Man of Susa&#8221;) is the storm and sea god, brother of Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi (Kojiki I). His main cult site is the Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> (Gion) in Kyoto and the Hikawa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Saitama.<\/p><p>The most famous Susanoo festival is the <em>Gion Matsuri<\/em> in Kyoto (July, originally established in 869 CE against plague affliction). Further important shrines: Susa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Shimane, Tsushima <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Aichi (cf. Picken).<\/p><p><strong>Invocations<\/strong><\/p><p>The Norito <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The linguistic turning of the human being toward a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">prayer<\/span> to Susanoo emphasizes his ambivalent character: protection against <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span> on the one hand, reverent distance before the storm on the other.<\/p><p>The Yamata-no-Orochi myth ritual (the subduing of the eight-headed serpent, Kojiki I, ch. 22-23) is performed in Kagura dances. Susanoo is also considered the inventor of waka poetry, with his poem &#8220;Yakumo-tatsu Izumo&#8221; at the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">holy<\/span> shrine.<\/p><p><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A worn object to which a protective, misfortune-averting effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Amulets<\/span> and protective symbols<\/strong><\/p><p>Susanoo omamori from the Yasaka and Hikawa shrines serve as protection against illness, fire and storm. The Kusanagi sword (Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi), one of the three imperial regalia of Japan, is considered his gift to Amaterasu. Straw ropes (shimenawa) at shrine gates mark the sacred area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Susanoo, Parallels in Other Cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo resembles the Norse Loki (chaotic, rule-breaker) or the Greek Ares (storm and battle). Unlike these, Susanoo is not portrayed as malevolent but as wild, though he undergoes purification. He shares traits with the Indian Indra (rain, dragon fight) and the Chinese Guan Yu (courage).<\/p><p>His dragon slaying resembles the Germanic Sigurd against Fafnir or the Beowulf story. What is distinctive is his role as the brother of the supreme goddess and his being checked by femininity and love.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7e011db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp7e011db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe74423d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpe74423d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Dragon of Koshi: Susanoo's Central Myth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp6b57f78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp6b57f78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0c3ec8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp0c3ec8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most famous narrative about Susanoo is his fight against Yamata no Orochi, the eight-headed and eight-tailed dragon. It appears in the <em>Kojiki<\/em> (712) and in the <em>Nihon Shoki<\/em> (720), the two oldest surviving chronicles of Japan.<\/p><p>After his banishment from the heavenly plane, Susanoo descends along the upper course of the Hi River in Izumo Province. There he meets an old couple weeping because the monster has already devoured seven of their daughters and now wants to take the eighth, Kushinada-hime.<\/p><p>Susanoo promises help and asks for the girl&#8217;s hand. He transforms her into a comb, which he places in his hair, and has eight vessels of strong rice wine prepared. The dragon lowers its eight heads into the vessels, becomes intoxicated and falls asleep.<\/p><p>Susanoo dismembers it with his sword. In the monster&#8217;s tail he finds a sword, which he presents to the sun goddess Amaterasu. This sword, later called <em>Kusanagi no tsurugi<\/em>, becomes one of the three throne regalia of the Japanese imperial house.<\/p><p>The episode carries several layers of meaning. Read from the perspective of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, it marks Susanoo&#8217;s transformation from chaotic disturber into culture hero and founder of order. The handing over of the sword connects the Izumo tradition with the heavenly line of Amaterasu and thus with imperial legitimation.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Several scholars, among them Donald Philippi in his annotated <em>Kojiki<\/em> translation (1968), have pointed to the possible connection of the dragon to flooding of the Hi River and to the iron-working region of Izumo, where the sword obtained from the dragon&#8217;s body might recall the local metal production in concrete terms.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp01e0a9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp01e0a9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd74aa16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpd74aa16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Banishment and Transgression: Susanoo against Amaterasu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa661f45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpa661f45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp1621fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp1621fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before Susanoo becomes a dragon slayer, he is above all the troublemaker in the chronicles.<\/p><p>Born from the creator god Izanagi, he receives rule over the sea or, in other readings, over the plain of the sea, but refuses to take up his post and weeps so violently that mountains wither and rivers run dry. Izanagi thereupon banishes him.<\/p><p>Before his final descent, Susanoo seeks out his sister Amaterasu in the heavenly plane. The two make an oath and bring forth children from each other&#8217;s objects, a process that, depending on the reading, counts as a contest or as a proof of purity.<\/p><p>Susanoo interprets the result as his victory and runs wild. He tears down the boundary ridges of the rice fields, blocks irrigation ditches, defiles the hall of the harvest festival and finally throws a flayed horse into the sun goddess&#8217;s weaving hall, whereby a weaver woman is killed.<\/p><p>In horror at these deeds, Amaterasu withdraws into a rock cave, and the world sinks into darkness. Only a ruse of the assembled gods, exuberant dance and the holding up of a mirror, lures her out again. As punishment, Susanoo&#8217;s beard, fingernails and toenails are cut and he is finally cast out.<\/p><p>The enumeration of his transgressions is instructive from the perspective of religious studies: it largely coincides with the so-called heavenly sins of Shinto purity thinking, that is, with grave violations of the ritual and agrarian order. Susanoo here embodies personified defilement, whose removal first restores the cosmic order.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd8fdc01 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpd8fdc01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa43eb9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpa43eb9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Susanoo in Izumo: Ancestor, Sanctuaries and Local Tradition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe047106 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpe047106\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpf293d58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpf293d58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While the imperial <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the handed-down narratives about gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> is oriented toward Amaterasu and her descendants, Susanoo belongs above all to Izumo, a region on the Sea of Japan. There he is regarded as the ancestor of his own divine line.<\/p><p>His descendant, depending on the genealogy son or more distant offspring, is Okuninushi, the great land lord of Izumo, who opens up the land and later, in the narrative of the transfer of the land, cedes it to the heavenly gods.<\/p><p>The close bond to Izumo is evident in the cultic landscape. Susanoo is venerated in numerous shrines, among them Yaegaki-jinja, whose name is traced back to the song of the eightfold fence which, according to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, Susanoo is said to have composed while building the house for Kushinada-hime.<\/p><p>This song is traditionally regarded as the earliest Japanese poem in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The era of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BCE to 600 CE.\" tabindex=\"0\">classical<\/span> 31-syllable form and additionally connects Susanoo with the origin of poetry.<\/p><p>In research on religious history, Izumo is frequently read as a counterpole to the Yamato tradition. The myth complex around Susanoo and Okuninushi could preserve the memory of an independent political or cultic sphere of power that was incorporated by the later central power.<\/p><p>Whether a concrete historical confederation stands behind this or a purely literary construction of the chroniclers remains disputed. What is certain is that the Izumo shrines, foremost the great <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> of Izumo, preserve their own profile to this day, and that Susanoo appears there not as a marginal figure but as a venerated ancestor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7081db5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp7081db5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd9cc30f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpd9cc30f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gozu Tenno and the Merging with the Plague God<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp5edce9b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp5edce9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp011eaf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp011eaf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A distinct and often overlooked line in the history of Susanoo&#8217;s influence leads through medieval <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Merging of ideas or deities from different religious traditions.\" tabindex=\"0\">syncretism<\/span>. Within the connection of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span> and Buddhism, Susanoo was equated with Gozu Tenno, a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> originally derived from continental conceptions, whose name means Ox-Headed Heavenly King and who was regarded as lord over epidemics.<\/p><p>This identification had tangible cultic consequences. The Gion <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span>, whose center is the Yasaka <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> in Kyoto, venerated Gozu Tenno and thereby Susanoo as a warding power against epidemics.<\/p><p>The famous Gion festival in Kyoto, whose origin in the 9th century goes back to an averting of plague, belongs in this context. The Tsushima <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> and numerous so-called Tenno shrines throughout the country also stood in this tradition.<\/p><p>With the state separation of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, shaped by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span> and Buddhism in the 19th century, Gozu Tenno as a Buddhist-shaped figure was officially pushed back, and the relevant shrines were formally rededicated to Susanoo. The present name Yasaka-jinja instead of Gion <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> is a direct result of this policy.<\/p><p>For research, this episode is a model example of how state religious policy can overwrite historical cult identities.<\/p><p>At the same time it explains why Susanoo is to this day invoked in many places not only as a storm and dragon-slayer god but also as a protective power against illness, a function that could not be derived from the oldest chronicles alone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpbcec7d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpbcec7d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe788fc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpe788fc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of Interpretation: Storm God, Trickster or Outsider<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7b96d2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp7b96d2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp32acee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp32acee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susanoo belongs to the most intensively interpreted figures of Japanese <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the handed-down narratives about gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>, precisely because he fits no simple category. Even the name is explained differently.<\/p><p>A widespread but unconfirmed etymology connects it with the verb for impetuous or raging behavior, which fits the reading as a storm or tempest god. Other proposals tie it to place names or to the province. The chronicles themselves give no unambiguous interpretation.<\/p><p>In older research, Susanoo was frequently classified as a storm god, parallel to Indo-European tempest deities. This equation is today regarded as too schematic.<\/p><p>Other approaches emphasize the trickster character: Susanoo violates rules, sows chaos, yet is at the same time a culture bringer and dragon slayer. This dual nature is typical of trickster figures and has been discussed, among other ways, in connection with comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the handed-down narratives about gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>.<\/p><p>A third strand reads Susanoo politically. As the brother of Amaterasu but ancestor of the subjugated Izumo line, he embodies the other within the myth system, the non-imperial power that is incorporated but not erased.<\/p><p>Scholars of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> such as Gary Ebersole and translators such as Donald Philippi have pointed out that the chronicles were compiled in the 8th century with clear legitimizing intentions and that Susanoo&#8217;s contradictory profile is partly the result of this editorial work.<\/p><p>From several local traditions a figure was formed that must be simultaneously banished, dangerous, heroic and worthy of veneration. Modern popular culture, from manga to video game, has taken up this tension and repeatedly staged Susanoo as an ambivalent warrior.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further Links<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/amaterasu\/\">Amaterasu, sister<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/tsukuyomi\/\">Tsukuyomi, brother<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/izanami\/\">Izanami, mother<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/raijin\/\">Raijin, related storm\/thunder god<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/japan\/\">Japan, pantheon overview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/gods\/\">Gods, class overview<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Heldt, Gustav (trans.): <em>The Kojiki. An Account of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">Ancient<\/span> Matters<\/em>. New York 2014.<\/span><\/li><li>Walde, Christine (ed.): <em>Der Neue Pauly<\/em> (entry &#8220;Susanoo&#8221;).<\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Further standard works in the <a href=\"\/en\/literature\/\">literature index<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9791b6 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9791b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af6c5e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af6c5e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently Asked Questions about Susanoo<\/h2><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Who is Susanoo in Japanese <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the handed-down narratives about gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>?<\/h3><p>Susanoo-no-Mikoto (Japanese \u9808\u4f50\u4e4b\u7537\u547d) is, in Japanese Shinto, the god of storms, of the sea and of wild nature, brother of Amaterasu (sun) and Tsukuyomi (moon). He is one of the most ambivalent deities of Shinto: violent, unpredictable, yet also a hero and dragon slayer.<\/p><p>In the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A handed-down narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> he is banished from heaven because he drives Amaterasu back into the cave myth. He descends to earth, into the land of Izumo, where he accomplishes his famous deed: the killing of the eight-headed dragon Yamata-no-Orochi.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>How did Susanoo kill the dragon Orochi?<\/h3><p>Susanoo came to the land of Izumo and met an old married couple weeping over their last daughter; the other seven had already been sacrificed to the eight-headed dragon Yamata-no-Orochi. Susanoo demanded the hand of the daughter (Kushinada-hime) and set up eight large vats of eight-times-brewed rice wine.<\/p><p>The dragon drank from each vat and fell asleep drunk. Susanoo hacked off the eight heads. In the tail he found a wondrous sword, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, one of the three imperial treasures of Japan, which was later passed on to Amaterasu and through her to the imperial dynasty.<\/p><\/div><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Who is Susanoo in Japanese mythology?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Susanoo-no-Mikoto (Japanese \u9808\u4f50\u4e4b\u7537\u547d) is, in Japanese Shinto, the god of storms, of the sea and of wild nature, brother of Amaterasu (sun) and Tsukuyomi (moon). He is one of the most ambivalent deities of Shinto: violent, unpredictable, yet also a hero and dragon slayer.In the myth he is banished from heaven because he drives Amaterasu back into the cave myth. 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