Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon

Orochi the Eight Headed Dragon is rooted in Japanese mythology. This begins with a history of the Gods of ancient Japan and the birth of twin sons to the Emperor. The second son, Yanto, is believed to be evil by his father and is ordered to be killed. Tsuokinowa (the Emperor's advisor) attempts to throw Yanto over a cliff. However, Yanto is saved by a golden bird which carries him to the Priestess of Amerterasu. She raises him as her own until he returns to his father as a young man, at the request of his birth mother. Meanwhile back at the Emperor's palace, Yanto's mother becomes ill, and Yanto is believed to be the source of her death, due to his curse. Yanto is also accused of killing his brother in a scuffle they have over their mother's death. Yanto's father finally decides to send him away on a quest to quell a Barbaric King to the west. Along the way, Yanto meets Oto, a young woman who is a keeper at a shrine for the bird goddess Amerterasu. She devotes herself to Yanto and believes that she will die for him one day. They defeat the King, as well as his god, a creature made of rock and lava. Eventually, Yanto's segregate mother, reveals that Tsukuyami will return to the earth in order to get his revenge on his sister,(the goddess Amerterasu) and his father, Izanagi. Tsukuyami having been exiled from Earth by his father for his evil ways which is when he became the Orochi the first time. Yanto and Oto battle a sea creature in order to gain a sword from it. During the encounter, Yanto is almost killed, and Oto sacrifices herself to save him. Later she is resurrected, her death transforming her and giving her the power of the goddess Amerterasu. After this, they are ready to take on Tsukuyami. In order to defeat Tsukuyami, Yanto and Oto team up and become one with the help of the goddess Amerterasu. After a human battle the two sides resort to giant monster type forms where they battle it out. Tsukuyami becomes the Eight Headed Dragon again, and Yanto and Oto become a god like figure.