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.

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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

consort of
Kushinadahime
syncretized with
Sekizan Myōjin, Gozu Tennō
served by
Ama no Fuchigoma
allied with
Takiribime-no-Mikoto

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Sources

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“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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