>>17895216https://yokai.com/yamatanoorochi/>Origin: Yamata no Orochi appears in the earliest written Japanese documents, the Kojiki and the Nihongi. Without a doubt, the legend goes back even farther into pre-history.Wiki on the Kojiki:
>It is claimed in its preface to have been composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Genmei in the early 8th century (711–712),Conclusion: attestations to Yamata no Orochi postdate contact between Greek and East Asian cultures. Note the position of Alexandria in this map. (If this doesn't match where you thought Alexandria was, this is because Alexander was not the most imaginative person when it came to naming cities.) While I cannot be sure of the geographic origin of the Hydra, it would be easy for multiple cultures along the Silk Road to become aware of it. While I hold no opinion on the Scythian hypothesis, Scythian territory *was* placed in such a way that the Greeks and Russians would have encountered them directly and trade would have spread referents to them to China.
Japan is not an island. It is many islands. By the time that Yamata no Orochi is recorded, the modern Japanese had already settled in Japan - bringing with them significant cultural elements from their old homeland, such as ironworking that would be meaningless on iron-poor islands.
>>17895220You should study Wegener. His explanation was widely rejected, but expeditions to the seafloor found proof in the 1960s. They have since been suppressed in many online sources; the truth about Gondwana and Pangaea shakes too many established political myths.
