Yakami-hime of Inaba chose Okuninushi over his eighty brothers as the Hare of Inaba had prophesied, becoming his first wife as told in the Kojiki.
Inaba no Shirousagi, healed by Ōkuninushi's kindness after its skin was torn away by crocodiles, prophesied that Yakami-hime would choose him over his eighty brothers — and so she did.
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