ID: 901002348 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002348	Record Type: Character/Person

	Susano-o no Mikoto (Shinto character)

Note: Shinto deity of storms, water, and the underworld; younger brother of the sun goddess, Amaterasu. Sometimes depicted with a sword, referencing his battle with a dragon to obtain the sword. This weapon, along with the mirror to lure his sister Amaterasu out of hiding, and the magatama jewel, consist the three major symbols of the Japanese imperial regalia.

Names:

	Susano-o no Mikoto (Shinto character) (preferred,English,D,N)
	no Mikoto, Susano-o (Shinto character) (English,A,N)
	Susanoo no Mikoto (Shinto character) (English,U,N)
	Susano’o no Mikoto (Shinto character) (English,U,N)
	Susano-o (Shinto character) (English,U,N)
	スサノオ (Shinto character) (Japanese,U,N)
	スサノオ (Shinto character) (English,U,N)
	スサノヲ (Shinto character) (English,U,N)
	スサノヲ (Shinto character) (Japanese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Shinto iconography> (P)
		........<Shinto characters> (P)
		............Susano-o no Mikoto (Shinto character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Amaterasu
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Shinto iconography, Shinto characters, Amaterasu (Shinto deity)) [901002533]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Shinto
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... water (inorganic material)
	.....(inorganic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... storm
	.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... mirror
	.....(furnishings by form or function, furnishings (works), Furnishings (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... Magatama
	.....(carvings (visual works), sculpture by technique, sculpture (visual works), visual works by material or technique, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Susano-o no Mikoto (Shinto character)
	................Art Institute of Chicago (2018-) "Susano-o no Mikoto," accessed 20 August 2020, "Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon,"
	................British Museum [online] (1999-) "Susano-o no Mikoto," accessed 20 August 2020, "painting; hanging scroll,"
	................Honolulu Museum of Art [online] (2000-) "Susano-o no Mikoto," accessed 20 August 2020, "The God Susano-o no Mikoto (Susano-o no mikoto),"
	no Mikoto, Susano-o (Shinto character)
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	Susanoo no Mikoto (Shinto character)
	................Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) "Susanoo no Mikoto," accessed 20 August 2020, "A Brief History of Japan: Susanoo no Mikoto kills the Eight-headed Serpent at Hirokawa in Izumo Province,"
	Susano’o no Mikoto (Shinto character)
	................Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-) "Susano’o no Mikoto," accessed 20 August 2020, "Susano’o no Mikoto Summoning Clouds,"
	Susano-o (Shinto character)
	................Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-) "Susano-o," accessed 20 August 2020, "Susano-o and Amaterasu,"
	スサノオ (Shinto character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "スサノオ," accessed 20 August 2020, "Susanoo-no-Mikoto,"
	スサノヲ (Shinto character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "スサノヲ," accessed 20 August 2020, "Susanoo-no-Mikoto,"

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-) accessed 20 August 2020, "Susano’o no Mikoto Summoning Clouds,"
	................ Honolulu Museum of Art [online] (2000-) accessed 20 August 2020, "The God Susano-o no Mikoto (Susano-o no mikoto),"
	................ Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) accessed 20 August 2020, "Festivals of Light - Shinto,"
	................ Source for image https://art.honolulumuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/78445/preview;jsessionid=35AD51FD12B1583AD8767625F013BA72 ;accessed 20 August 2020