Editing Susanoo-no-Mikoto (section)

=== Parentage ===
The {{Transliteration|ja|[[Kojiki]]}} ({{circa|712}} CE) and the {{Transliteration|ja|[[Nihon Shoki]]}} (720 CE) both agree in their description of Susanoo as the son of the god [[Izanagi]] and the younger brother of [[Amaterasu]], the goddess of the [[sun]], and of [[Tsukuyomi]], the god of the [[moon]]. The circumstances surrounding the birth of these three deities, collectively known as the {{nihongo|"Three Precious Children"|三貴子|Mihashira-no-Uzunomiko, Sankishi}}, however, vary between sources.

*In the {{Transliteration|ja|Kojiki}}, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo came into existence when Izanagi [[Misogi|bathed]] in a river to purify himself after visiting [[Yomi]], the underworld, in a failed attempt to rescue his deceased wife, Izanami. Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed his left eye, Tsukuyomi was born when he washed his right eye, and Susanoo was born when he washed his nose. Izanagi then appoints Amaterasu to rule {{nihongo3|the "Plain of High Heaven"|高天原|[[Takamagahara]]}}, Tsukuyomi the night, and Susanoo the seas. Susanoo, who missed his mother, kept crying and howling incessantly until his beard grew long, causing the mountains to wither and the rivers to dry up. An angry Izanagi then "expelled him with a divine expulsion."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Ritual poetry and the politics of death in early Japan|last=Ebersole, Gary L., 1950-|isbn=0-691-07338-4|location=Princeton, N.J.|oclc=18560237|year = 1989}}</ref><ref>Chamberlain (1882). [http://sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj018.htm Section XI.—Investiture of the Three Deities; The Illustrious August Children.]</ref><ref>Chamberlain (1882). [http://sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj019.htm Section XII.—The Crying and Weeping of His Impetuous-Male-Augustness.]</ref>
*The main narrative of the {{Transliteration|ja|Nihon Shoki}} has Izanagi and Izanami procreating after [[Kuniumi|creating the Japanese archipelago]]; to them were born (in the following order) Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, the 'leech-child' [[Hiruko]], and Susanoo. Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi were sent up to heaven to govern it, while Hiruko – who even at the age of three could not stand upright – was placed on the {{nihongo|'Rock-Camphor Boat of Heaven'|天磐櫲樟船|Ame-no-Iwakusufune}} and set adrift. Susanoo, whose wailing laid waste to the land, was expelled and sent to the netherworld ([[Ne-no-Kuni]]).<ref>{{cite wikisource |author-first= William George |author-last= Aston |chapter= Book I |wslink= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |plaintitle= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |year= 1896 |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.|wspage=18}}</ref> (In the {{Transliteration|ja|Kojiki}}, Hiruko is the couple's very first offspring, born before the islands of Japan and the other deities were created; there he is set afloat on a [[reed boat|boat of reeds]].)
*A variant legend recorded in the {{Transliteration|ja|Shoki}} has Izanagi begetting Amaterasu by holding a [[bronze mirror]] in his left hand, Tsukuyomi by holding another mirror in his right hand, and Susanoo by turning his head and looking sideways. Susanoo is here also said to be banished by Izanagi due to his destructive nature.<ref name="Aston20">{{cite wikisource |author-first= William George |author-last= Aston |chapter= Book I |wslink= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |plaintitle= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |year= 1896 |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.|wspage=20}}</ref>
*A third variant in the {{Transliteration|ja|Shoki}} has Izanagi and Izanami begetting Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Hiruko, and Susanoo, as in the main narrative. This version specifies the Rock-Camphor Boat on which Hiruko was placed in to be the couple's fourth offspring. The fifth child, the fire god [[Kagutsuchi]], caused the death of Izanami (as in the {{Transliteration|ja|Kojiki}}). As in other versions, Susanoo – who "was of a wicked nature, and was always fond of wailing and wrath" – is here expelled by his parents.<ref name="Aston20" />