In the first volume of the "Nihonshoki," the fourth issho (addendum) of the the eighth section, which describes the defeat of Yamatanoorochi (the Eight-Forked Serpent), says as follows.
『日本書紀』卷第一で『ヤマタノオロチ退治が述べられている第八段第四の一書において以下のように書かれている。