The colonial regime taught that Koreans were descendants of the Shinto god Susanoo, the younger brother of Amaterasu, the sun goddess and ancestor of the Japanese imperial family. This narrative ...

This sword is said to have been found within the body of the eight-headed-serpent Yamata-no-Orochi, after the deity Susanoo slew the ... given its significance in Shinto mythology for being ...

But before the Yamata no Orochi can claim the last child, the princess Kushinadahime, the deity Susanoo appears and vanquishes the serpent, lopping off its eight heads and restoring peace to the land.