Yato-no-kami

The Yato-no-kami (夜刀の神, "gods of the night-sword") are snake deities in Japanese folklore appearing in the Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki. They lived in Namegata county, in fields near the government office. As a snake, it was an araburu-kami (荒ぶる神, "malevolent-kami") which are a malignant kami who bring affliction to human beings.^[1] Yato no kami were rumored to bring familial extermination on anyone who saw them.

It's told that Yato no kami were killed and enshrined by a man named Yahazu no uji no Matachi during the time when Emperor Keitai was in reign. The Yato no kami vanished later when a man named Mibunomuroji Maro drove them away from disturbing him and his workers who were building a mote there.^[2]

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[1] ttp://www.stonedragonpress.com/minzoku_neo_shinto/topic_004_04_03_02.html

[2] ttp://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/kami/ito.html

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