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Following his violent outbursts and banishment from the High Celestial Plain, the tempestuous storm god Susanoo descends to Earth at Mount Sentsu in the historical province of Izumo. There, he encounters an elderly couple and their daughter, Kushinadahime, who is about to be sacrificed to the monstrous eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi. Through cleverness and divine prowess, Susanoo slays...
When the sun goddess Amaterasu hid inside the Heavenly Rock Cave, plunging the entire universe into absolute darkness, the heavenly deities devised a plan to lure her out. The physically strongest kami, Ame-no-Tajikarao, stood concealed by the cavern's entrance, waiting for the perfect opportunity to act. When Amaterasu peeked out in curiosity, Tajikarao grabbed her hand, hauled her out, and...
When the sun goddess Amaterasu locked herself in the heavenly rock cave Ama-no-Iwato, she cast the entire cosmos into complete darkness and despair. The millions of Shinto deities gathered in the dry riverbed to devise a plan, but no strategy worked until the clever dawn goddess, Ame-no-Uzume, overturned a wooden tub near the cave's entrance and began a wild, comical, and highly suggestive...