One of the best known love stories in the Japanese mythology is the legend of Okuninushi and Suseri-Hime, the daughter of the storm god Susanoo.
It is said that the girl’s father didn’t approve of the relationship and hoping to drive away Okuninushi, he asked him to pass three trials. The first trial was to sit in a room filed with poisonous snakes, and Okuninushi survived by using an enchanted scarf received from Suseri-Hime. The same scarf helped him overcome the second trial, when the room was filled by centipedes and wasps. For the third trial, Susanoo shot an arrow over a field, asking Okuninushi to find it, and then he set the field on fire. Okuninushi survived this time with the help of a mouse, who brought the arrow and also guided
It is said that the girl’s father didn’t approve of the relationship and hoping to drive away Okuninushi, he asked him to pass three trials. The first trial was to sit in a room filed with poisonous snakes, and Okuninushi survived by using an enchanted scarf received from Suseri-Hime. The same scarf helped him overcome the second trial, when the room was filled by centipedes and wasps. For the third trial, Susanoo shot an arrow over a field, asking Okuninushi to find it, and then he set the field on fire. Okuninushi survived this time with the help of a mouse, who brought the arrow and also guided