Susanoo-no-Mikoto
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![Susano’o slaying the Yamata no Orochi, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi](/Images/godic/202502/14/Dragon_Susanoo_no_mikoto_and_the_water_dragon2751.jpg")
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Susanoo(須佐之男 (スサノオ)romanized as Susano-o, Susa-no-O, Susano'o, and Susanowo), also known as Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto(建速須佐之男命) and Kumano Ketsumiko no kami, at Kumano shrine, is the Shinto god of the sea and storms. He is also considered to be ruler of Neno-Katasu-Kuni (now in Yasugi-shi, Shimane-ken). He is married to Kushinadahime.