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And only one can be caught in a year, because only one is sent; and whoever catches it and brings it either to the Kitzuki-no-oho-yashiro, or to the temple Sadajinja, where the gods hold their second assembly during the Kami-ari-zuki, receives one hyo of rice in recompense. It costs much labour and time to catch a serpent; but whoever captures one is sure to become rich in after time.
Build quickly, therefore, with that great tree which is mine." And therewith the god disappeared. From these and from other records we learn that the deities have always superintended or aided the building of the great temple of Kitzuki. 'In what part of the Oho-yashiro, I ask, 'do the august deities assemble during the Kami-ari-zuki?
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