Susano'o
deity Shinto single tradition · 13
Susano'o is the brother of Amaterasu and a storm god. He vandalized Amaterasu's rice fields, threw a flayed horse at her loom, and brutally killed one of her maidens due to a quarrel between them. This caused Amaterasu to retreat into the Heavenly Rock Cave.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 CE
- Attested period
- 600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (c. 720 CE).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ame-no-Tajikarawo-no-mikoto, Ame-no-Futodama-no-mikoto, Takami-Musubi, Ame-no-Tajikarao, Amatsuhikone, Amatsukami, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Ishikori-dome no Mikoto, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Kagu-tsuchi, Amefurikozō, Ushi, Omizunu, Amenohoakari, Takuhadachiji-hime, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Ame no Wakahiko, Kamimusubi, Tamakushi-hime, Ame-no-Minakanushi, Tsukuyomi, three Munakata goddesses, Wakahirume-no-Mikoto, Omoikane, Futotama-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Tajikarao-no-Kami, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, Takemikazuchi, Ame no Hohi, Ame-no-Koyane, Futsunushi, Futodama, Ishikoridome, Tamanoya, Shitateruhime, Izanami, Izanami-no-mikoto, Yakusa-no-ikazuchi-no-kami, shikome, Ame no Wakahiko, Poireiton, Pakhangba, Lainingthou Sanamahi, Nongshaba, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Izanagi, Ukemochi, Kanglā shā, Munasukihime, Hikohane, Okina, Shukujin, Amida Buddha, Kotoshironushi, Ninigi, Ōkuninushi, Takeminakata, Ame-no-Fuyukinu, Ōnamuji, Sashikuniwakahime, Sagara, Harisaijo, Suseribime, Mutō, god of the southern seas, daughter of the god of the southern seas, Toshitokujin, Hachiōji, Hasshōshin, Manjushri, Kōjin, Jizō, Shinra Myōjin, Matarajin, Taizan Fukun, Mutō Tenjin, Kōga Saburō, Ame-no-Uzume, Amanojaku, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu
- sibling of
- Amaterasu, Hiruko, Kagutsuchi, Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu-ōmikami
- parent of
- Ōkuninushi, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Ten Rākṣasīs, I(so)takeru, Ōya(tsu)hime, Tsumatsuhime, Ōtoshi, Ōnamuchi, Suseribime, Yashimajinumi, Ukanomitama, Ōyabiko
- enemy of
- Wakahirume, Yamata no Orochi
- consort of
- Kushinadahime
- syncretized with
- Sekizan Myōjin, Gozu Tennō
- teacher of
- Ōkuninushi-no-Kami, Utsushikunitama-no-Kami
- served by
- Ama no Fuchigoma
- creator of
- Amanozako, Ame-no-oshihomimi
- child of
- Izanami, Izanagi-no-mikoto, Izanagi
- allied with
- Takiribime-no-Mikoto
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Amaterasu's brother, the storm god Susano'o, had vandalized her rice fields, threw a flayed horse at her loom, and brutally killed one of her maidens due to a quarrel between them. In turn, Amaterasu became furious with him and retreated into the Heavenly Rock Cave, Amano-Iwato.”
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