Documented folklore from the Club 49 map, told straight and sourced.
From the Izumo country of western Japan, one of the oldest legends in the culture: the storm god Susanoo slew Yamata-no-Orochi, an eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent, and found inside its tail the sword Kusanagi, which became one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan and is said to be enshrined to this day. This is deep Shinto myth, and Shimane is dense with the shrines that carry it, including Izumo-taisha, one of the oldest and most important in Japan. Told as the foundational folklore it is.
The Izumo region, Shimane (western Japan). Source: Foundational Shinto myth of the serpent and the imperial sword. The Club 49 map pins this legend at its documented country, beside the real mines, active claims, land status and modeled honey holes of the same ground. Open the free map and go stand in the story.
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