One of the water deities enshrined at Shirakawa Yoshimi Shrine and Kusakabe Yoshimi Shrine who is also known as Kusakabe Yoshimi and Hikoyai-no-mikoto. According to a legend at Kusakabe Yoshimi Shrine, he journeyed to the site where the shrine now stands to subdue a giant serpent terrifying the community.
Glossary: Kunitatsu daimyoujin
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Kunitatsu daimyoujin (国龍大明神)
Referenced from: Mirage 15
Bibilo: 熊本県・白川吉見神社（南阿蘇村） (japanese), Down the steps to Kusabe Yoshimi, one of Japan’s three great “descending shrines” (english), 草部吉見神社 (japanese)