− | <blockquote>According to the local traditions of this area, the Great God of Kashima once appeared to Prince Mimaki. [When he was in Yamato,] Prince Mimaki saw a figure clad in a white rob…The white figure said, “Worship me in the proper manner and I will stand by thy side. I shall cause thee to rule whatever territory thou desirest to govern.”</blockquote> | + | <blockquote>According to the local traditions of this area, the Great God of Kashima once appeared to Prince Mimaki. [When he was in Yamato,] Prince Mimaki saw a figure clad in a white rob…The white figure said, "Worship me in the proper manner and I will stand by thy side. I shall cause thee to rule whatever territory thou desirest to govern."</blockquote> |
− | The god who appeared to Prince Mimaki was quite an expansionist, as were the councilors of the prince. Prince Mimaki straightaway summoned them in order to consult them on the matter. Among them was none other than Kikikatsu (Wise Listener), the legendary progenitor of the Nakatomi clan. He advised the prince, saying, “this is the god’s pronouncement. He is the Great God of Kashima. He appeared in order to remind you that you are the one to whom the ancestral deities entrusted the rule of these Great Eight Islands.” | + | The god who appeared to Prince Mimaki was quite an expansionist, as were the councilors of the prince. Prince Mimaki straightaway summoned them in order to consult them on the matter. Among them was none other than Kikikatsu (Wise Listener), the legendary progenitor of the Nakatomi clan. He advised the prince, saying, "this is the god’s pronouncement. He is the Great God of Kashima. He appeared in order to remind you that you are the one to whom the ancestral deities entrusted the rule of these Great Eight Islands." |