Enokimi - Enokimi

Japanese: 役君 - えのきみ

…Years of birth and death unknown. Also known as En no Ozunu or En no Kimi, he was later revered as the founder of Shugendo. According to the Shoku Nihongi, in 699 (the third year of the Bunmu era), the Imperial Court banished En no Kimi no Ozunu to Izu Province. …

From [God of the One Thing]

…Originally, Hitokotonushi was the god of Mount Katsuragi, and was in charge of hunting and provided water for farming, and was the object of traditional worship by the mountain people. The head of these mountain people was probably the Enokimi clan of Kamo. However, with the establishment of royal authority, the mountain people became the “Etachi people” and engaged in hard labor such as building palaces, and Hitokotonushi’s fellow deities, Kotoshironushi-no-kami and Takakamo no Ajisuki Takahikone-no-kami, were considered to be incarnations of Okuninushi-no-kami and the “near guardian deities” of the Emperor (Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko Shinga Kotoba). As a result, Hitokotonushi was also elevated to the status of a god of oracles who protects the imperial court. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Yaku-kun" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳。役小角（えんのおづぬ），役君（えのきみ）などとも呼ばれ，後に修験道の開祖として尊崇される。《続日本紀》によると，699年(文武3)朝廷は役君小角を伊豆国に流した。…

【一言主神】より

…本来，一言主は葛城山の神として狩猟をつかさどり農事に水を供給したりして，山民たちの伝統的な祭祀の対象とされていた。この山民の頭目がおそらく賀茂の役君（えのきみ）氏であったようだ。しかし王権の確立に伴い，山民たちが〈役（えたち）の民〉として宮殿建設などの苦役に従事し，一言主の同族神である事代主（ことしろぬし）神や高鴨（たかがも）の味耜高彦根（あじすきたかひこね）神が大国主神の分身として天皇の〈近き守り神〉(《出雲国造神賀詞》)とされるにつれ，一言主も，宮廷を守護する託宣の神へと祭り上げられたのである。…

※「役君」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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