One of the three Japanese artifacts, the Kusanagi Sword, also known as the Sky Cong Cloud Sword, the Sky Cong Cloud, the Kusanagi Sword, and the Tomu Broadsword.
It is a divine sword that emerged from the body of the terrifying monster Yagi Orochi, and even the sword of the gods and ten fists was not its opponent, and later became the sword of the Japanese sword, the first of the three major Japanese artifacts, and it occupies a pivotal position in Japanese history and mythology.
The ** of the Kusanagi sword can be traced back to the myths and legends of ancient Japan. According to ancient books such as Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the birth of Kusanagi Sword is related to a god named Susanoo.
Susanoo is the younger brother of Amaterasu and a hero in Japanese mythology. During an adventure, Susanoo arrives in Izumo Province, where an elderly couple tells him about the disaster they have suffered.
It turns out that every year in Izumo Province, a youkai named Yaki Orochi appears and eats their daughter. In order to save the old couple and their daughter, who was about to suffer doom, Susanoo decided to cut down the Yaki Orochi.
Yaki Orochi is a giant snake demon with eight heads and eight tails. In order to defeat it, Susanoo devised an ingenious scheme. He prepared eight barrels of fine wine, which were placed in different places. When the Yaki Snake smells the wine, its eight heads reach into different barrels to drink. Taking advantage of the drunkenness of the Yaki Orochi, Susanoo wielded a ten-fist sword and cut off the eight heads of the Yaki Orochi one by one.
When he cut off the fourth head, he found that the ten-fist sword had slashed at a hard object, and the ten-fist sword was also missing a corner, Susanoo was shocked, there was something harder than the ten-fist sword, he gouged open the snake's belly, and found a sword in the snake's body, which was the Kusanagi sword.
The Kusanagi sword was born in the body of the Yaki Orochi, so it is believed to have mysterious powers. Susanoo dedicated the sword to Amaterasu, and later became the sword of the Wakenmei. The Kusanagi sword has an extremely high status in Japanese culture and is regarded as a symbol of the state and a symbol of royal power. Throughout the history of Japan, Kusanagi swords have been passed down by the Imperial family and have been exhibited on important occasions such as the Emperor's enthronement ceremony.
It is worth mentioning that although the Kusanagi sword has an important place in Japanese culture, it is called the three artifacts along with the Yasaka Mirror, Yasaka Qiongomayu. But little is known about what it really is. The Kusanagi sword has never been publicly displayed, nor has it been passed down to the world. This makes the Kusanagi Sword even more mysterious and legendary. Some scholars even doubt that the Kusanagi sword actually exists, believing that it may have been a symbolic object rather than an actual physical object.