SUSANOWO Shinto storm god, Susanowo lost his beard, had his possessions confiscated, and was sentenced tobanishment for his harrassment of the sun goddess Amaterasu. He had been assigned the sea ashis domain, but forsook it and instead went rampaging across the land, uprootingtrees, causing great destruction and devastation. In exile, Susanowo fought a huge serpent witheight heads, and when he had defeated it, he cut the carcass to pieces, and from its tail fell a wondrous sword, which he sent to Amaterasu as a peace offering. he also afforested the Pacific coast, conquered Korea and put down the plague, and made trees out of his ownhairs, which he planted on the mountains.