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((Short description|Fictional ninja))
((About|Orochimaru, meaning the devils child [[Jiraiya]]|the Orochimaru featured in ''[[Naruto]]''|Orochimaru (Naruto)))
((More citations needed|date=April 2008))
[[File:"JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI", from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI".jpg|thumb|<ref>((Cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32816|title="JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI", from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI" ((!)) ((!)) V&A Search the Collections|date=2019-11-13|website=V and A Collections|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13))</ref>]]
[[File:Orochimaru.jpg|alt=“Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari” (#7, pp. 4–5), ca. 1850 hanshita-e artist: Kanwatei Onotake 8.5 x 6 inch pages, woodblock print book Coppola Collection|thumb|<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2018/09/29/jiraiya-goketsu-monogatari-7-pp-4-5-ca-1850/|title="Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari" (# 7, pp. 4-5), ca. 1850 ((!)) Brian P Coppola|date=29 September 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13))</ref>]]

((nihongo|'''Orochimaru'''|大蛇丸)), featured in the [[Japanese folktales|Japanese folktale]] ''Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari'' (''The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya''), is the archenemy of the [[ninja]] [[Jiraiya]].<ref name=":0" />  He was once named ((nihongo|Yashagorō|夜叉五郎)) and was one of Jiraiya's followers but was overtaken by [[Serpent (symbolism)|serpent]] magic. Having changed his name to Orochimaru, he gained the ability to turn himself into a giant serpent. He poisoned [[Jiraiya]] and [[Tsunade]] the slug princess by pouring his [[venom]] on them as they slept, only for another follower to save the couple's lives afterwards.((cn|date=April 2022)) "The story, first recorded in 1806, was adapted into a mid-19th-century serialized novel (43 installments, 1839–1868) and a kabuki drama, based on the first 10 installments, by Kawatake Mokuami, in 1852. In the 20th-century, the story was adapted in several films, in video games, and in a manga."<ref>((Cite web|url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2018/10/13/jiraiya-goketsu-monogatari-7-pp-10-11-ca-1850/|title="Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari" (# 7, pp. 10-11), ca. 1850 ((!)) Brian P Coppola|last=Coppola|first=Brian P.|date=13 October 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13))</ref>

''Orochi'' means "big snake" or "serpent".<ref>((Cite web|url=https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A4%A7%E8%9B%87|title=Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary|website=jisho.org|access-date=2019-11-13))</ref>
The legend of Orochimaru has modern day correlations. Legend suggests the "power of the white snake" can be found in the fabled Ryuchi cave which grants the user with extraordinary powers, such as immortality, face stealing, and shape shifting. Japanese folklore speaks of a similar snake-like humanoid that stalks the fields every harvest time demanding a portion of the farmers crops.((cn|date=April 2022))

== Popular culture ==
The manga and anime franchise ''[[Naruto]]'' features the characters [[Jiraiya (Naruto)|Jiraiya]], [[Orochimaru (Naruto)|Orochimaru]] and [[List of Naruto characters#Tsunade|Tsunade]], where Orochimaru is portrayed to be the legendary ninja with the power of the snakes.((cn|date=April 2022)). 

In the 2013 video game ''[[Muramasa:_The_Demon_Blade#Muramasa_Rebirth|Muramasa Rebirth]]'', one of the alternate endings has the [[Iga-ryū|Iga]] ninja Arashimaru getting possessed by his final opponent's spirit and taking on the name "Orochimaru". In a desperate act of defiance, Arashimaru's ally Shirohebi has the ninja's former master Shiranui spirit away a rival clan's last surviving heir during Orochimaru's attack who, when grown, takes on the name "Jiraiya" to fight Orochimaru.

==See also==
* [[Susanoo]]
* [[Yamata no Orochi]]

==References==
((reflist))
* ((Cite web|url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2018/09/29/jiraiya-goketsu-monogatari-7-pp-4-5-ca-1850/|title="Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari" (# 7, pp. 4-5), ca. 1850 ((!)) Brian P Coppola|date=29 September 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13))

==External links==
*((cite book|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050402143540/http://www.kiseido.com/printss/ji.html|chapter-url=http://www.kiseido.com/printss/ji.html|archivedate=2005-04-02|chapter= The Gallant Jiraiya |url=http://www.kiseidopublishing.com/printss/cover.htm<!-- new version of website does not appear to include the chapter information from before -->|title=Japanese prints and the world of Go |date=2010 |publisher=Kiseido Pub. Co |isbn=9784906574308 |location=Chigasaki |oclc=1020931181))

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