Susanoo-no-Mikoto ('Fierce Male of the Waves') is the storm/sea god, the last and most violent of the three high deities born of the creator pair [S1]. In the Kojiki his disruptive misconduct (desecrating the heavenly rice fields and weaving hall) leads to his banishment from Takamagahara to the earthly realm [S1]. On his way down to Izumo he meets the weeping parents of a family whose daughters are being devoured by the eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent Yamata-no-Orochi; Susanoo slays the beast, and in its tail finds the sword Kusanagi (Ame-murakumo-no-tsurugi) [S1]. He rescues and marries the last daughter, Kushinada-hime [S1]. Later he takes part in the subjugation of the island deity Ōkuninushi (the Kuniyurinshi), working with the thunder god Takemikazuchi [S1]. He is thus a liminal, violent, and heroic figure—storm, sea, and monster-slayer—whose transgressions and triumphs both define him [S1][S2].