ヤマタノオロチ 八岐大蛇
A gigantic serpent (or [[dragon]]) in [[Japanese mythology]] with [[multiple tails|eight tails]], [[multiple heads|eight heads]], and [[glowing eyes|glowing red eyes]].

"Susanoo-no-Mikoto":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanoo-no-Mikoto] (the Shinto god of the sea) tricked the serpent into getting [[drunk]] off [[sake]] and cut up it into pieces with his "Ame-no-Habakiri":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totsuka-no-Tsurugi sword. Later he found the [[Sword of Kusanagi]] in one of the orochi's tails.

h4. Related tags

h6. Characters

* [[yamata_no_orochi_(ookami)|Yamata no Orochi]] ([[ookami_(game)|Ookami]])
* [[Yamata no orochi (kemono friends)|Yamata no Orochi]] ([[Kemono Friends]])
* [[yamata no orochi (dragon quest)|Yamata no Orochi]] ([[Dragon Quest III]])
* [[Yamata Dragon]] (a [[duel monster]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]])

h6. Other appearances

* [[Megami Tensei]] and [[Persona]] series
* [[Puzzle & Dragons]]
* [[Hoozuki no Reitetsu]]

h4. See also

* [[hydra]]
* [[orochi]] (disambiguation page)
* [[Japanese mythology]]
* [[Tag group:Legendary creatures]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Yamata no Orochi":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamata_no_Orochi  
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