Deity East Asian traditions
Yamata no Orochi
八岐大蛇 zh ヤマタノオロチ ja 야마타노오로치 ko
Japanese dragon
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Yamata no Orochi
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 1
Kinship in an account 1
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts
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