Deity
Kazuraki-no-Hitokotonushi-no-Okami
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Yuryaku scroll on the Hitokotonushi-no-Okami of Kazuraki.
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Single-word deity of Mount Katsuragi in the Kojiki (712 CE) Yuryaku scroll; enshrined at Gose, Nara.
Description
Kazuraki-no-Hitokotonushi-no-Okami (葛城之一言主之大神) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the Yuryaku scroll on the Hitokotonushi-no-Okami of Kazuraki. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves this reading. According to the Kojiki, Emperor Yuryaku encountered this deity while hunting on Mount Katsuragi; the deity declared "the deity who speaks one word in single utterance, both good and bad". This deity is venerated at Katsuragi-Hitokotonushi Shrine in Gose, Nara Prefecture. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
Sources
葛城之一言主之大神 かづらきのひとことぬしのおほかみ／かずらきのひとことぬしのおおかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」葛城之一言主之大神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kazurakinohitokotonushinookami/葛城一言主神社 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
葛城之一言主之大神について、雄略天皇との葛城山遭遇譚における対等な現出、一言で願いを叶える託宣神としての性格、葛城一言主神社の祭祀を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%9B%E5%9F%8E%E4%B8%80%E8%A8%80%E4%B8%BB%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE
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