Susanoo Meeting the Elderly Couple Whose Daughters Were Eaten by Yamata no Orochi
Cast down from the heavens, the Shinto storm god Susanoo descends to Earth at the Hi River in Izumo, where he discovers an elderly earthly deity couple weeping over their last remaining daughter. They explain that their first seven daughters were devoured annually by the terrifying eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent Yamata no Orochi, who is now coming for the eighth daughter, Kushinadahime....