Something interesting I stumbled across

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As the title says and apologies if this was already discovered or known by people here....

Jiraiya (自来也 or 児雷也?, literally "Young Thunder"[1]), originally known as Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki, is the title character of the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑物語?, "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya"). He is a ninja who uses shapeshifting magic to morph into a gigantic toad. As the heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name, Jiraiya fell in love with Tsunade (綱手), a beautiful young maiden who masters slug magic. His arch-enemy was his one-time follower Yashagorō (夜叉五郎), later known as Orochimaru (大蛇丸), who mastered serpent magic (the kanji 大蛇 literally mean "giant snake" or "serpent").

This was taken from wiki but I believe what it says....I just found it was interesting is all.....
 

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Kishi takes his concepts from Japanese Myth.
 

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almost everything in Naruto comes from Japanese mythology.

character/jutsu names and what they represent.
 

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yeah I am seeing that more and more....heh after all this time I am now knowing this...oh well you live, you learn :)
 

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yeah I am seeing that more and more....heh after all this time I am now knowing this...oh well you live, you learn :)

you might also find the mythology behind Izanami/Izanagi interesting *_*

and yah welcome to the base.
 

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thanks for the welcome, I have been here a while but I don't post often enough. I should work on that yeah? :)
 

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Very intresting to bad i already saw this before but nice find
 
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