Benzaiten descended from heaven upon a purple cloud to Enoshima, establishing the island as her sacred seat. The Enoshima Engi of 1047 CE records her arrival to subdue the five-headed dragon terrorizing the Sagami coast.
The five-headed dragon Gozuryū had terrorized the Sagami coast for generations until Benzaiten's descent upon Enoshima. Awed by the goddess, the dragon repented his cruelty and coiled himself beneath the island as its eternal guardian, his body becoming part of the land itself.
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