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.

Related tags

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

• Megami Tensei and Persona series
• Puzzle & Dragons
• Hoozuki no Reitetsu

See also

• hydra
• orochi (disambiguation page)
• Japanese mythology
• Tag group:Legendary creatures

External links

• Wikipedia: Yamata no Orochi