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i found this in some site.. i copied for some of you to read and discuss.....Legend of the 8 Tailed Beasts


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八尾 | 八岐大蛇 -
Eight Tails (Hachibi),
Yamata no Orochi
(Also known as Hachimata)

Tale in the Legend of the Tailed Beasts： Yamata no Orochi is a Snake bijuu. It has crimsom red eyes, eight heads and eight tails (also depicted to having trees and vines growing around them) and has the power of the Demon world, a symbol of evil. Each head of Yamata no Orochi represents a symbol: Soul, Ghost, Evil, Devil, Monstrous, Kill, The Afterworld and Death.
Its powers were originally weak, the members of the Kusanagi clan, when attacking it, acted carelessly, using the legendary sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi (Oro’s sword). Because of that, as a consequence, Yamata no Orochi takes the sword from them, absorbing the power contained inside, and becoming an incredibly powerful creature, and finally storing it in its body.
With the new power, Yamata no Orochi releases an insane amount of dark energy, awakening the other Bijuu and becoming arrogant. Yamata no Orochi proceeds to defeat many of the Bijuu, but when it battles with Kyuubi, it is defeated. The cause of this is simple: Kyuubi has an unlimited amount of power, making even a hole in the Kusanagi sword. As this happens, it shows how tremendously powerful Kyuubi is, deserving of the “King of Bijuu” title. Not even Sarutobi and Enma (I’m not sure how those two are into the legend) could scratch the Kusanagi no Tsurugi. (That makes connections to the Oro x Sandaime battle)
Legend also depicted it as having a power able to rival Kyuubi’s [in quality], but the fact is, Yamata no Orochi’s does have a limit.
Situation in the Ancient War of the 9 Gods： Battled 5 times; 4 Wins, 1 Losses
Wins： Shukaku, Isonade, Kaku, Raijuu
Losses： Kyuubi
Fate： Yamata no Orochi awaits a genius of the Yagami (NOT the Kanji of Yagami from Death Note, but Yagami as in Eight Gods: 八神) clan, which is the arch enemy of the Kusanagi clan. The purpose is to awake it [Yamata no Orochi], in order to fight Kyuubi again.
Since Yamata no Orochi’s power inherits in the Yagami Clan, If the heir appears as the first genius in 1000 years that is able to awake Yamata no Orochi’s ability, it will be completely restored. Once the process is done, the genius with such crucial task will be destroyed due to the true body of Yamata no Orochi resurfacing, which has an all-new power. It won’t be found before the decisive battle with Kyuubi, and will be able to kill no matter of thing, destroy any type of place, and attain infinite vision (as Kyuubi has). The core of Yamata no Orochi’s power is in a kind of forbidden sealing jutsu. As soon as the Yagami clan heir comprehends enough of it, a bigger, much stronger power will surface in the grasp of Yamata no Orochi.
Japanese Myth Appearance: A super Snake of Eight heads and Eight tails, attached to a single body. Has a deep brown color. It definitely is the biggest bijuu - the lenghth of it is over eight mountains. Originally, it was weaker than Houkou and Nekomata; however, that was 1000 years before a brave warrior tried defeating it with the Kusanagi no Tsurugi. In the process, the sword’s power is absorbed instead by Yamata no Orochi, thus greatly expanding his power. He continues though to be able to use freely the sword in his belly.
Ability: The legendary sword: Kusanagi no Tsurugi; summoning of evil spirits
Bijuu Strength Ranking： 2nd
Bijuu Chakra/Stamina Ranking： 2nd
Symbolic Element： Devil
Origin / Discovered in： An old battlefield in Osaka
Personal notes: Now, everyone knows this one resembles Orochimaru, but what I like is the “Yagami genius” legend, which OF COURSE screams Sasuke.
More info about Yamata no Orochi:
There is the story of the killing of the Eight-Headed Serpent by Susanoo. According to the legend, a local town had been living in fear of the Serpent, and the townspeople offered the sacrifice of a young girl each year to keep it appeased. Lord Susano heard about the town's dilemma, and became determined to slay the beast. He exterminated the serpent by serving it alcohol, and then cutting off its heads while it was intoxicated. Between the Kagura performances, this one is the most famous.


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Hmm intresting. Do you mind If I can see the link.

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yeap.. i wanna read abt these jap gods more.. i wanna know more since kishi's way of writing kinda like really follows this myths..

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this has been talked about... juz dont know where the link is.... anyway many of the japanese legends are depicted and used by kishi to create naruto so this find is not rily a surprise, to me.... but i would like to know the link coz the las time someone posted this kind of info, its not this long....

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Well the links I found and read ages ago and forgot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijuu#L..._Tailed_Beasts
http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=57918
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...C_Moon_and_Sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...su_and_Susanoo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...noo_and_Orochi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto

You can search around through all the other links in Japanese Mythology and you'll probably find other stuff in Naruto there as well.

I think Sasuke could also be Susanoo depending on if he comes back to the good side.

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I highly doubt that Orochimaru is the 8 tails, its been speculated way too many times in the past.

Before, people also thought Kisame was the 3 tails because of his characteristics like a shark, but it was revealed that the Sanbi was an uncontained bijuu.

Orochimaru wouldn't risk entering Akatsuki with that kind of dark secret. Orochimaru came from the japanese folk tale of Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade. Go look it up.

unnoted

1. It is said that the eight-tail demon is waiting to be awaken by smart ass member of he clan, so i assume Sasuke is out of if we are referring Oro as the container.

2. If Oro is the container he wouldnt risk joining the Akatsuki. Unless the gang has no knowledge bout it, but it would make it no sense for Aka in plotting to capture the 9 demons if they dont know where it is.

Shankz23

http://www.inukoproject.com/

a litte bit slow to connect but their stands everything about all bijuu

Spiegel

http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=57918

Here you go. This is the entire advanced directory of the Legend of the Nine Tailed Beasts.

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IceKingV

Very similar to the Sasuke & Orochimaru relationship. Thnx for the data

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Interesting, dose that mean that Orochimaru's sword has the demon's power inside of it.

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kishimoto does use some myths in the story but tends to change them...like with the 3rd demon.....or oro's sword....incorporating parts of the myth into it, but not exactly, so i wouldnt be surprised to see that orochimaru may have similiar traits to the 8 tail in the myth but turns out he is NOT a bijuu....could do eithe way really >.>

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rokudaime

its interesting to see how kishi adapts myths to his storyline. for instance, i highly doubt that orochimaru is the jinchuuriki for the hachimata nor do i think that he's the biju itself. especially since he fears itachi, what reason would he have to fear itachi if he had the powers of the 2nd strongest biju. but i would argue that oro's character is influenced by the legend of the hachimata. i guess you could argue that if thats the case, naruto shouldn't fear itachi, which def isn't true. but then again, naruto isnt as old or as experienced as either orochimaru or itachi. reading the full list of the biju's you can see how the other characters might be influenced by the myths. i.e. deidara would be related to the shichibi who both use clay.

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There are good points there,and I agree with you about Oro not being a bijuu.
But if he WAS a bijuu,he should feer Itachi.If Itachi can supress Kyuubi from naruto's mind,like Sasuke did,than it would mean he would supress Oro out of the mind of the possesed person.

rokudaime

good point, i forgot about that

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