The old Chinese folktale “Jiraiya the Gallant” was the inspiration for Masashi Kishimoto when creating the three legendary Sannin. “Jiraiya the Gallant” was first published in 1839 and took 10 years to complete. In 1868 the tale became a popular series of 43 illustrated novels completed by 4 different authors. In this novel, a demon snake spirit caused a big problem in the Tsukikage, Ogata, and Matsuura clans. The demon snake spirit had the desire to gain all power over Japan. The demon snake first took over the Tsukikage clan by attacking Lord Tsukikage Miyukinosuke, during the attack, a boy named Orochimaru noticed the attack and saved Lord Tsukikage Miyukinosuke. In debt of Orochimaru’s bravery, Lord Tsukikage Miyukinosuke adopted the boy,