Rabbit God - Usagikami

…An animal in Japanese mythology that appears in the Kojiki. The white rabbit of Oki Island tricked a sea crocodile (shark) into lining up at Keta Cape in Inaba (now Hakuto Beach in Tottori City) and tried to use it as a bridge to cross, but failed and was stripped of its fur. When it was further tortured by the eighty gods who passed by and began crying, Oonamuchi-no-Kami (later known as Okuninushi-no-Kami) taught it how to heal and saved it. The rabbit then predicted that Oonamuchi, not the eighty gods, would marry Yakamihime of Inaba, and this prediction came true. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Rabbit God" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…《古事記》にみえる日本神話中の動物。隠岐島の白兎が因幡の気多（けた）岬(現，鳥取市白兎（はくと）海岸)へ，海のワニ(鮫（さめ）)をあざむいて並ばせ，それを橋にして渡ろうとして失敗し毛皮をはがれる。通りかかった八十神（やそがみ）にさらに痛めつけられて泣いていると，オオナムチノカミ(のちの大国主神)に治療法を教えられ救われる。そこで兎は八十神ではなくオオナムチが因幡の八上比売（やかみひめ）と結婚すると予言し，的中する。…

※「兎神」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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