Post by cheezee on Dec 29, 2007 16:47:49 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Susanoo, Amaterasu's older brother and god of the seas and storms, was regected by his father, Izanagi because he was short-tempered and ordered him to be banished from the heavens. Because of the rivalry between Amaterasu and Susanoo, Susanoo had gone to bid farewell to his sister but she threatened him with a bow and arrow. After he explained it was a farewell, Amaterasu became suspicious and made a test. Each one of them had to create humans from the objects of the other; Susanoo created five men from Amaterasu's neckalace and Amaterasu created three from Susanoo's sword. Because the necklace was hers, Amaterasu claimed the five men and thus won the challange. Furious and in a fit of rage, Susanoo destroyed her rice crops, killed an attendant and, in some versions, claim that he hurled a flayed horse at her loom. Filled with grief and anger, Amaterasu hid in a cave and the world was consumed in darkness.
Using a mirror and a necklace, they managed to lure her out with the help of Ame-no-Uzume, godess of myrth and later sunrise, who had turned a tub over and danced naked to call for her attention. When she came out she explained to everyone what Susanoo had done and he became banished to the realm of mortals. Once there, he traveled to the providence of Izumo where he met an old couple that we crying in grief. When he asked them what had happened they explained that a 8-headed serpent as big as mountains, named Yamata-no-Orochi, had devoured 7 of their daughters and was ready to claim their last, Kushi-inada-hime. Susano promised he would defeat them if they would give Kushi-inada-hime her hand in marriage and they accepted.
Turning Kushi into a comb, he hid her from Yamata-no-Orochi and built 8 gates that lead to huge bowls of Sake and he hid, waiting for the right moment to strike. When Yamata-no-Orochi arrived, he quickly smelled his favotite drink but the smartest of the heads expected an attack and suggested he would drink first. When he did, nothing happened and all the heads began to drink, which later became intoxicated by the excess of sake and fainted. Susanoo managed to use the oportunity and skayed all the heads and from Yamata-no-Orochi's tail came a legendary sword, which he named Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi ("Heaven's Cloud-Gathering Sword"), later known as the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and presented it to Amaterasu as a gift of pardon. She accepted and gave the sword to her first son, and first emperor of Japan, and later presented his powers with a mirror and necklace. [/glow]
Using a mirror and a necklace, they managed to lure her out with the help of Ame-no-Uzume, godess of myrth and later sunrise, who had turned a tub over and danced naked to call for her attention. When she came out she explained to everyone what Susanoo had done and he became banished to the realm of mortals. Once there, he traveled to the providence of Izumo where he met an old couple that we crying in grief. When he asked them what had happened they explained that a 8-headed serpent as big as mountains, named Yamata-no-Orochi, had devoured 7 of their daughters and was ready to claim their last, Kushi-inada-hime. Susano promised he would defeat them if they would give Kushi-inada-hime her hand in marriage and they accepted.
Turning Kushi into a comb, he hid her from Yamata-no-Orochi and built 8 gates that lead to huge bowls of Sake and he hid, waiting for the right moment to strike. When Yamata-no-Orochi arrived, he quickly smelled his favotite drink but the smartest of the heads expected an attack and suggested he would drink first. When he did, nothing happened and all the heads began to drink, which later became intoxicated by the excess of sake and fainted. Susanoo managed to use the oportunity and skayed all the heads and from Yamata-no-Orochi's tail came a legendary sword, which he named Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi ("Heaven's Cloud-Gathering Sword"), later known as the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and presented it to Amaterasu as a gift of pardon. She accepted and gave the sword to her first son, and first emperor of Japan, and later presented his powers with a mirror and necklace. [/glow]
