![]() In Japan, dragons are revered and worshipped. The tale was most likely created this way because of the Japanese people's perspective on dragons. In the tale of the oomukade's extermination, the dragon is replaced with a centipede, and the high-class girl is replaced with a dragon. This is the same as the Miracle Mallet, a magical item symbolizing wealth and riches. On that note, the hero who slew the oomukade of Mount Mikami received an inexhaustible bag of rice as one of his rewards from the Dragon Palace. There are also variants of this tale where the dragon is replaced with a giant or an oni, as is the case with the tale of Issun-Boushi and Momotarou. Perhaps the most famous dragon-slaying tale in Japan is the story where the god Susanoo slays Yamato no Orochi. These stories are usually a type of coming-of-age adventure where a hero defeats a dragon, saves a high-class female character, and is rewarded with treasure. This story is obviously a variant of the dragonslayer trope that has been used in myths and legends the world over. The hero agreed to this request and successfully exterminated the oomukade, for which he was rewarded with many treasures by the Dragon Palace. One of these giant serpents happened to meet a human hero, so the serpent took the form of a dragon girl to beseech the hero for aid. The oomukade of Mount Mikami, written about in the Otogi-zoushi (an ancient collection of folktales), is particularly famous for terrorizing a clan of giant serpents. ![]() Incidentally, both of these oomukade were slain with arrows. Oomukade and dragon-serpent gods have a vicious rivalry, as is shown with the oomukade of Senjougahara and Mount Mikami. It is unknown whether she can actually eat a dragon or not, but she must be an incredibly powerful youkai if there are even rumors that she can. It is rumored, predominantly by the youkai at the base of the mountain, that Momoyo's ability lets her eat the allegedly strongest creatures―dragons. That place is ever mysterious.Įxpand Momoyo Himemushi's ability as a oomukade. In the end, it is still unclear whether the Dragon Palace interfered before the youkai extermination or after. That would explain how Chikushi later became known as Mukade-Kiri, the Centipede-Cutter. This surely indicates that they were created by either embedding, reforging, or recasting the arrowhead imbued with the blessing from Hachiman. It is particularly interesting how the sword, Chikushi, and the armor, Hiraishi, said to have been gifted to the hero by the Dragon Palace, both have the kanji character for ''arrow'' in their names. This is probably because he was given a weapon or a blessing before the fight and received a reward afterward. Some tales say it was before he defeated the oomukade, and some say it was after. There are differing accounts as to when the Dragon Palace gave this weapon to the hero. Of course, this hero could only properly wield this legendary weapon thanks to his mighty skills. However, the finishing blow was dealt with a sword, just like in the legend where the nue was exterminated.īut how did this hero obtain a weapon capable of defeating a greater youkai? It was bestowed to him by the dragons of the Dragon Palace, who were under attack by the oomukade. This was accomplished with an arrow imbued with the blessing of the Hachiman deity. An oomukade (giant centipede) greater youkai was defeated by a legendary hero in the past. She recreates a weapon closely connected with herself, which is an arrow yet also a sword. Momoyo Himemushi's Last Word (a Touhou LW original). The combination of Metal Phase and Earth Phase cancels out any resistance or weakness to Fire Phase. The encompassing and regenerative Earth Phase resists Fire Phase, because fire produces earth, but it is weak to Wood Phase, because wood parts earth. The cold and silent Metal Phase resists Earth Phase, because earth bears metal, but it is weak to Fire Phase, because fire refines metal. Momoyo is endowed with Metal Phase, because she likes mining, and Earth Phase, since she deals with ore. However, it seems Momoyo continues to dig holes because she enjoys it, which distances herself even further from all celestial phenomena. Apparently, they are hated by everyone, just like the youkai of the Underworld. Oomukade, who dwell deep within the Youkai Mountain in places like the Rainbow Dragon Cave, lack the three celestial Essences. This is an apt temperament for Momoyo, who is a giant, dragon-eating, venomous arthropod. Expand Sanseiu (a Touhou LW original) refers to acid rain, rain that became unusually acidic from absorbing acidic gasses in the atmosphere.
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