Editing Emperor Yūryaku (section)

===Folklore===
In [[Shinto]] folklore, events during Yūryaku's reign include meeting the Kami "Hitokotonushi" while hunting on Mount Katsuraki in 460 AD. The Kami appeared to him as a tall man whose face and demeanor resembled the Emperor's. After introductions Hitokotonushi joined Yūryaku as the two hunted deer until sunset. He then escorted the Emperor "as far as the waters of Kume."<ref name="AstonHito"">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ5OAQAAIAAJ&q=Yuriaku|title=The Emperor Oho-Hatsuse Wakatake|author=[[William George Aston]]|work=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. (Volume 1)|publisher=London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner|year=1896|page=342}}</ref> Another encounter with a Kami occurred in 463 AD through an invitation to the thunder god of {{Nihongo|Mimuro hill|御室山|Mimuro-yama}} to the Imperial Palace.<ref name="AstonMimuro"">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ5OAQAAIAAJ&q=Yuriaku|title=The Emperor Oho-Hatsuse Wakatake|author=[[William George Aston]]|work=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. (Volume 1)|publisher=London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner|year=1896|page=347}}</ref> The Emperor sent his royal messenger Chiisakobe no muraji Sugaru ,who carried a halberd with a red banner that symbolized his authority. Sugaru enlisted the help of priests to enshrine the kami into a portable carriage, to be brought in the Emperor's presence, as a great serpent.<ref name="AstonMimuro""/> Things took a turn for the worse as Yūryaku had neglected beforehand to practice proper ritual purification and religious abstinence. The thunder kami showed his displeasure through a thundering menacing appearance which caused the Emperor to flee into the interior of his palace.<ref name="AstonMimuro""/> The great serpent was returned to Mimuro, and the Emperor made many offerings to appease the angry deity.<ref name="AstonMimuro""/>{{efn|This story also appears in "Shinto, the Ancient Religion of Japan" as well as several other books.}}