Yamata no Orochi (ヤマタノオロチ, also 八岐大蛇, 八俣遠呂智 or 八俣遠呂知), or simply Orochi (大蛇), is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent. Yamata...

Based on the Shintō myth of the storm god Susanoo's battle with the Yamata no Orochi, the color, "ToeiScope" anamorphic format film is scripted by Ichirō...

Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū (Japanese: 八岐之大蛇の逆襲, Eight-Headed Giant Serpent's Counterattack) is a tokusatsu kaiju fan film shot on 16mm by Daicon Films...

over four years. The first Orochis were set to be delivered in January 2007. The name Orochi is derived from Yamata no Orochi, a legendary eight-headed...

used to slay the Yamata no Orochi, unnamed in the Kojiki and the Shoki's main text, is variously named in the Shoki's variants as Orochi-no-Aramasa (蛇之麁正...

Yamata no Orochi (shortened to Orochi) was a famous eight-headed dragon in Japanese mythology. This may also refer to: Oroch people or Orochi, a Russian...

of the wives of the god Susanoo, who rescued her from the monster Yamata no Orochi. As Susanoo's wife, she is a central deity of the Gion cult and worshipped...

said to be related to the creature known as the Yamata no Orochi; in Japanese mythology, Yamata no Orochi is defeated by the god Susanoo, a scene which...

Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata no Orochi. Although the name of the character is officially trademarked by Toho...

abandoned by the Yamata no Orochi, and cut off from Cassell College, the three end up separated and lost in Tokyo. The Yamata no Orochi starts a war against...

and reunited with Himeko. The series' villain is Yamata no Orochi (邪神八岐大蛇, Jashin Yamata no Orochi), a god who wants to replace the world of humanity...

he told him that his family was being terrorized by the fearsome Yamata no Orochi, an eight-headed serpent of Koshi, who had consumed seven of the family's...

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dragon-shaped." The Kojiki and Nihongi mention several ancient dragons: Yamata no Orochi (八岐大蛇, lit. 'eight-branched giant snake') was an eight-headed and eight-tailed...

vanishes when the battle is over. He reappears once more during the Yamata no Orochi arc to stop Onimaru and ends up sacrificing himself to defeat Dark...

come later in the Middle Ages, from the Kamakura period and beyond. Yamata no Orochi was originally a local god but turned into a yōkai who was slain by...

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name and abilities were designed to relate him with the legend of Yamata no Orochi. The designers ended up liking him so much they are careful of the...

husband"), of Lady Matsura. The term orochi (大蛇) means literally "giant snake", the well-known example being the Yamata no orochi, the eight-forked giant serpent...

dragon is frequently acting out of malice. The Japanese legend of Yamata no Orochi also invokes this motif. The god Susanoo encounters two "Earthly Deities"...

It is revealed that Kodama is the daughter of Yatsune, the former Yamata no Orochi,[ch. 49][ch. 49,50] and that her servants are actually Yatsune's incarnations;...

Izumo where he met Ashinazuchi, an elderly man who told him that the Yamata no Orochi ("Eight-Branched Serpent"), who had consumed seven of his eight daughters...

Amaterasu. Susanoo was also responsible for the slaying of the monster Yamata no Orochi and the subsequent discovery of the sacred sword Kusanagi. Takemikazuchi...

was a war against the evil monster Yamata no Orochi (an 8-headed dragon). The gods won the battle. Yamata no Orochi was locked into 8 capsules, one of...

Personnel taken from Japan's Favorite Mon-star. "[Ghidorah] is basically Yamata no Orochi. It is an old folktale, and we wrote it as a creature from outer space...

Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba (English: Yamata-no-Orochi and Keibu Keioiba) is a Meitei language play, written and directed by Heisnam Tomba. It was produced...

like the Nihon Shoki, in the legend of the defeat of the giant snake Yamata no Orochi to Susanoo in a battle, it fled from Izumo to Ōmi, had a child with...

he directed the special effects for Daicon's tokusatsu fan film Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū. As a key Daicon/Gainax member, he played an important part...

apology; he had obtained it from the body of an eight-headed serpent, Yamata no Orochi. At the conclusion of the Genpei War in 1185, the six-year-old Emperor...

in the battle pass.[third-party source needed] Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba (English: Yamata-no-Orochi and Keibu Keioiba) is a Meitei language play that...