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Two other Japanese examples derive from Buddhist importations of Indian dragon myths. Benzaiten, the Japanese form of Saraswati, supposedly killed a five-headed dragon at Enoshima in 552. Kuzuryū (九頭龍, "nine-headed dragon"), deriving from the nagarajas (snake-kings) Vasuki and Shesha, is worshipped at Togakushi Shrine in Nagano Prefecture.
Hydra is the second studio album by American rock band Toto, released in 1979. [6] It reached No. 37 on the Billboard Pop Albums. [ 7 ] While most of the album's singles failed to make any impact in the charts, " 99 ", a song inspired by the 1971 science fiction movie THX 1138 , [ 8 ] reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
"Jingo Jungle", stylized "JINGO JUNGLE", is the fifth single by Japanese pop rock band Myth & Roid. The single was released on February 8, 2017. [1] The single sold 4,831 copies in its first week of release, peaking at no. 22 on the Oricon Singles Chart. [2] [3]
The repertoire includes eight forms that may be traced back to the eighth century: kagura-uta (kagura songs), azuma asobi (eastern entertainment), kume-uta (palace guard songs) ō-uta (big songs), onaibi-uta (night duty songs), ruika (funeral songs), ta-uta (field songs), and yamato-uta (Yamato songs).
The "Ghidorah" part of King Ghidorah's name comes from the pronunciation of the word "hydra" (Гидра, ˈɡʲidrɐ) in Russian, written as ヒドラ (Hidora) in Japanese. Other sources of inspiration included mythological creatures such as the hydra , cerberus , unicorn , pegasus , and qilin .
The music video of "Hydra -666-" can be found on In Weal or Woe. "Dozing Green" is one of the two singles featured on Uroboros, along with "Glass Skin". Like its counterpart, the song is re-recorded in English for the album. The music video for "Dozing Green" was voted the #1 video of the year 2008 on the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball. [4]
Sōran Bushi (ソーラン節) is one of the most famous traditional songs and dance in Japan. It is a sea shanty that is said to have been first sung by the fishermen of Hokkaido . The commonly known version of the song and dance is called Nanchū Sōran ( 南中ソーラン ) and was created in 1991 at the Wakkanai Minami Junior High School.
"Toilet no Kamisama" (トイレの神様, Toire no Kamisama, "The Goddess in the Toilet") is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Kana Uemura, recounting her thoughts about her late grandmother. [3] It was the leading track from her extended play Watashi no Kakera-tachi , released on March 10, 2010.