Japanese

Susano-o

Born wrong for every job he was given, and right for one nobody offered.

6 chapters on the figure behind the card, researched in the Japanese mythology sources and reviewed before publication. See Susano-o’s card →

1. The Brother Who Would Not Take the Sea Given the ocean to rule, he wept for his mother instead.
2. Cast Out of Heaven He went to say goodbye to his sister. It did not go well.
3. The Eight-Forked Serpent Eight heads, and a family down to its last daughter.
4. The First Poem The storm settled down, built a house, and wrote a verse.
5. The Sword in the Tail He gave the sword away. It ended up in the imperial regalia.
6. The Lord of the Root Land He set his daughter's suitor three deadly tests, then helped.

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