Yamata-no-Orochi

is a dragon god appearing in Japanese mythology.
==Profile==
===Background===
Known as the , Yamata-no-Orochi is a Divine Spirit referred to as "Japan's greatest Dragon of disaster."Fate/Grand Order - Shuten-douji Interlude II: "Whether We are drunk or mad, We roil ourselves in laughter"Fate/Grand Order Ibuki-Douji Profile, translated by Konchew
Detailed in the , Orochi placed a curse on Koga Saburo after Saburou committed the crime of trespassing on and destroying a serpent's nest, passed down in the Kouga-Mochizuki bloodline.
Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 9: Paraiso (Ending) Allowing one to temporarily act as a Divided Spirit of Orochi to curse enemies to death, it was inherited by Mochizuki Chiyome despite not even being of Saburou's main bloodline.
According to the Susanoo myth from the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki, it is said that Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who was exiled from Takamagahara, descended upon the province of Izumo, saved Kusanadahime who was offered as a sacrifice, and exterminated Orochi after getting it drunk. Susanoo-no-Mikoto defeated this large serpent (dragon) and obtained a divine sword from its tail. The sword's name is Kusanagi-no-Tachi. Also known as Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi, and Tsumukari-no-Tachi. Later, it was offered to the Atsuta Shrine and designated as one of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan.Fate/Samurai Remnant - Record's Fragment: Keian Command Championship
Ibuki-douji, the higher order origin of Shuten-douji, is a Divine Spirit divided spirit of Orochi. She is also known as Orochi's daughter.Fate/Grand Order material VI - Mochizuki Chiyome
===Appearance===
Yamata-no-Orochi is described as an enormous monster. That monster was a red-eyed demon with eight heads and eight tails───a gigantic snake that boasted of a length spanning eight valleys and peaks.
It has white scales when aiding Ibuki-douji, while appearing black or gray when channeled by Chiyome.
Yamata no orochi ShimosaManga.jpeg|Yamata-no-Orochi channeled by Chiyome, in Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimousa.
==Role==
===Fate/Grand Order===
====Subspecies Singularity III: Shimosa====
==Abilities==
Orochi possesses the ability to place a curse on an entire bloodline, torturing the mind and body of the possessor. Those that manage to control it actualize it as a powerful, undetectable poison. The Orochi created from the mixture of the curse on Saburou and the influence of Shuten-douji, bearing the blood of Orochi, carries the power of only a single one of Orochi's heads, but still displays great power.
Kusanagi was said to have been inside Yamata-no-Orochi during the Age of Gods.
==References==
Category:Divine Spirits
Category:Japanese historical and mythological figures
Category:Characters in Fate/Grand Order
Category:Dragons
Category:Snakes
Category:Manifested by a Servant
Category:Introduced in 2017
Category:Summoned by a Noble Phantasm