Susanoo no Mikoto
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Susanoo no Mikoto is the impetuous storm god of classical Japanese mythology. He was banished from Takamagahara and came down to a place called Soshimori in the land of Silla before crossing the sea to Japan. Susanoo became historically identified with Gozu Tennō and Mutō-no-Kami, with the conflation already occurring by the 8th century.
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When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 1333
- Historical notes
- The earliest extant version of the Somin Shōrai legend from the Nara period suggests Susanoo and Mutō were already conflated during the 8th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Choronzon, Merkin, Order, Okunitama, Ukemochi, Kukunochi, Kaya-no-hime, Ukemochi-no-Kami, Destiny, Delirium, Duma, Shivering Jemmy, Kilderkin, Cluracan, Nuala, Bast, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Remiel, Thor, Odin, Loki, Anubis, Bes, Chaos, Nada, Amatsukami, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Azazel
- parent of
- Ōkuninushi, Ten Rākṣasīs
- aspect of
- Kunitsukami
- syncretized with
- Dangun (also Tangol), Gozu Tennō, Gozu Tennō, Mutō-no-Kami
- sibling of
- Ōhirume-no-Muchi, Hiruko, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Amaterasu
- child of
- Izanami-no-mikoto, Izanagi-no-mikoto
- enemy of
- Ōgetsuhime, Ōgetsuhime-no-Kami
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Susanoo no Mikoto, the impetuous storm god of classical Japanese mythology...The earliest extant version of this legend dating from the Nara period has Mutō revealing himself to be Susanoo, suggesting that the two deities were already being conflated”
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