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Dragon Myths - The Dragon with eight heads and eight tails - Part 1
A victory over a
dragon is not a simple thing. In the following story a dragon was vanquished but
the price was paid by all of Japan.
Most Japanese
stories, including dragon stories, bear very little semblance to the dragon
tales of other cultures. Eastern dragons are usually rulers of nature, kings of
rivers and seas, more akin to sophisticated science fiction or fantasy really. But this story is about a dragon who was nothing else but a
huge, horrifying monster.
Susanoo was the
son of the Sun Goddess but he was cast down from the skies and walked the earth,
as if he was a common man.
One day Susanoo
noticed wooden chop sticks floating down the river nearby. Figuring he would
find people up the river, Susanoo changed his course, walking towards the
river's source, anxious to meet new people.
Susanoo didn't
have much land to cover before he found an elderly couple with a beautiful girl
next to them. Susanoo greeted them and noticed the couple was weeping bitterly.
The elderly man talk to Susanoo and told he was the local god of the earth, the
son of the great god of the mountain.
But the region
here was plagued by a great dragon that came once every year and ate one of the
elderly's couple daughters till only one remained, the one standing
nearby.
The man then went
on and described the dragon. It had eight heads and eights tails. It was so
huge, it filled entire valleys when it came and vegetation grew on its back. The
giant dragon was taller than mountains. There was red fire in its stomach and
its giant eyes glowed with a malevolent red light as if they were evil lanterns.
For years no man nor god was able to fight this gigantic dragon. All those who
tried, died.
Susanoo looked at the girl and fell in love with her. He was determined that no dragon, no matter how many heads or tails it had would eat her. Susanoo used his divine power and turned the girl to a comb and then he put her in his hair.
To be continued ...
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