Susanoo
the storm-god, weeper of the raging sea
waterSusanoo wept typhoons and slew the eight-headed serpent to save a maiden; to dream of him is to feel your grief turn to weather, and to learn that the fiercest rage can still guard something tender.
Fragments
He filled eight vats with rice-wine, and when the serpent drank and slept, his blade found in its tail a sword that would crown emperors.
Banished from heaven for his fury, he wandered the rain-dark provinces until he found a family weeping for a daughter promised to the great snake.
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