Hitokotonushi no Kami - Hitokotonushi no Kami

Japanese: 一言主神 - ひとことぬしのかみ

A god of oracles who appears in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. According to the Kojiki, when Emperor Yuryaku climbed Mount Katsuragi, a group of people who looked very similar to the emperor's party were about to ascend the mountain. When they asked who it was, they were told it was Katsuragi no Hitokoto-no-nushi, who could pronounce both good and bad events with just one word. The emperor was afraid and offered various items to the god, who gladly accepted them and saw him off to the entrance of the mountain. In addition, when En no Gyoja ordered the demons to build a bridge between Mount Kinpu and Mount Katsuragi, Hitokoto-no-nushi gave an oracle that En no Gyoja was trying to overthrow the imperial court, and Hitokoto-no-nushi was put under a spell by En no Gyoja. This story appears in the Nihon Ryōiki and Konjaku Monogatarishu, and shows the changes in people's awareness of this god. He is enshrined at Hitokoto-no-nushi Shrine in Moriwaki, Gose City, Nara Prefecture. <References> Matsumura Takeo, Studies in Japanese Mythology, Vol. 4; Saigo Nobutsuna, Myths and the Nation

(Takashi Sasaki)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

『古事記』『日本書紀』などに登場する託宣の神。『古事記』によれば,雄略天皇が葛城山に登ったとき,天皇の一行と何から何までよく似た一群が山に登ろうとしていた。誰かと問うと,凶事も吉事も一言でいい放つ葛城の一言主神だと答えたので,天皇が畏れて種々の物を献上すると,神は喜んでそれを受け,山の入り口まで天皇を見送ったという。なお,役の行者が鬼神らに金峯山と葛城山の間に橋を架けろと命じたときに,役の行者が朝廷を傾けようとしていると一言主神が託宣したので,一言主神は役の行者によって呪縛されたという話が『日本霊異記』『今昔物語集』にみえ,この神に対する人々の意識の変遷を知ることができる。現在の奈良県御所市森脇の一言主神神社に祭られる。<参考文献>松村武雄『日本神話の研究』4巻,西郷信綱『神話と国家』

(佐佐木隆)

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