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Japanese: 小子部蜾蠃 - ちいさこべのすがる

He is a vassal of Emperor Yuryaku, who appears in the Nihon Shoki and Nihon Ryoiki. His name, 蜾蠃, means wasp. The Book of Songs states that 蜾蠃 means to raise the offspring of a 蜟蟉 (called mulberry worm in ancient commentaries) as one's own child. According to the section on Emperor Yuryaku in the Nihon Shoki, he was ordered to gather silkworms, but mistakenly gathered and raised children, and was given the surname Muraji. He was also ordered to capture the god of Mimoro-no-Oka, so he captured a giant snake and renamed himself Ikazuchi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

《日本書紀》や《日本霊異記》などにみえる雄略天皇の侍臣。その名の〈蜾蠃〉とはジガバチの意。〈蜾蠃〉は〈螟蛉（めいれい）〉(古注では〈桑虫〉)の子をみずからの子として養う，と《詩経》にある。《日本書紀》雄略天皇条によれば，〈蚕（こ）〉を集めよとの命をうけ，誤って〈子〉を集め，養い，〈小子部連（むらじ）〉の姓を賜う。また，三諸岳（みもろのおか）の神を捕らえよとの命により大蛇を捕らえ，〈小子部雷（いかずち）〉と改名した。

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