Orochimaru was the antagonist of the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya. He was orignally one of Jiraiya's followers, Yashagoro, but was overcome by the spell of a serpent and became skilled in serpent magic. He took the name Orochimaru (Orochi means `monstrous snake') and attacked Jiraiya. However one of Jiraiya's other followers came to his master's rescue.

* Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari ("The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya")

* Jiraiya (1914)
* Nidaime Jiraiya (1917),
* Jiraiya Gōketsu Tan (1918)
* Gōketsu Jiraiya (Jiraiya the Hero, 1921)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiraiya Wikipedia]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TnacAyzpf-M Watch Jiraiya the the Hero (1921) on Youtube]
*[http://www.comicvine.com/orochimaru/29-44259/ Comic Vine]
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