yamata no orochi
A gigantic serpent (or dragon) in Japanese mythology with eight tails, eight heads, and glowing red eyes.
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (the Shinto god of the sea) tricked the serpent into getting drunk off sake and cut up it into pieces with his Ame-no-Habakiri sword. Later he found the Sword of Kusanagi in one of the orochi's tails.
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Characters
- Yamata no Orochi (Ookami)
- Yamata no Orochi (Kemono Friends)
- Yamata no Orochi (Dragon Quest III)
- Yamata Dragon (a duel monster in Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Other appearances
See also
- hydra
- orochi (disambiguation page)
- Japanese mythology
- Tag group:Legendary creatures