The origin of the Kumano Gongen deity's appearance - Kumano Gongen Gosuijaku Engi

Japanese: 熊野権現御垂迹縁起 - くまのごんげんごすいじゃくえんぎ

This is a record of the events that led to Kumano Gongen being enshrined in Kumano in Kishu and becoming known to the world. The complete version has not been handed down, but its contents are known from citations in Chokan Kanbun, Shobodaisan Tou Engi, and Kumanosan Ryakuki. Kumano Sansho Gongen leaves Mount Tiantai in the Tang Dynasty and descends to Mount Hiko in Chinzei, Ishizuchi Peak in Iyo, and Yuzuruha Peak in Awaji, then travels under a pine tree on the north shore of the west coast of Mount Kii Kirime, eventually descending to Mount Kannokuramine south of Kumano Shingu, then resting in Ishibuchidani north of Shingu Higashiasukasha, and finally resting at Ichinoki in Oyuhara, Hongu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

熊野権現が紀州熊野に鎮座し，世に知られるようになったいきさつを書いた縁起記。完本は伝わらないが，《長寛勘文》や《証菩提山等縁起》《熊野山略記》などに引用されており，その内容が知られる。熊野三所権現が唐の天台山を発して鎮西彦山，伊与石槌峰，淡路遊鶴羽（ゆづるは）峰へと順次天下り，次いで紀伊切目山西海北岸の松の木の下に渡御し，やがて熊野新宮南の神倉峰（かんのくらのみね）に降臨し，また新宮東阿須賀（あすか）社北の石淵谷に鎮まり，最後は本宮大湯原の一位の木にとどまった。

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