One story about this being says he was so sad at being separated from his mother that he cried until his beard reached his breast.
This being has two souls, named Aramitama and Sigimitama. Another son of this being is called Oh-Magatsumi, or "The Great Evil-Doer", and he is also the father of the sorcerer Okuni-Nshino. This being once used a necklace of beads to create five new male deities, which he claimed were his children, though the owner of the necklace also claimed parentage. One story about this being says he was so sad at being separated from his mother that he cried until his beard reached his breast. This being once ordered Okuni-Nushi to sleep in a room full of centipedes. This being once turned his fiancée, a native of Izumo province and daughter of Ashinazuchi named Kushinada-hime, into a comb so he could carry her around. This being once used eight vats of sake he hid behind eight gates as part of a plan to defeat an enemy with eight heads. That foe, Yamata-no-Orochi, also had eight tails, the fourth of which contained Kusanagi, this being's sword. For ten points, name this kami of the sea and storms that destroyed the rice fields of Amateratsu and made her hide in a cave.
This being has two souls, named Aramitama and Sigimitama. Another son of this being is called Oh-Magatsumi, or "The Great Evil-Doer", and he is also the father of the sorcerer Okuni-Nshino.
{Susano'o} [accept: {Susanowo}, {Susanoto}, {Susa}-{no}-{o}-{no}-{mikoto}]