Hachiman (God of War) who was enshrined at the nearby Oyamada and not his present location Kokurayama, Usa City, Oita Prefecture responded to the prayers offered by the imperial messenger and issued an oracle to betake himself to subdue the Hayato Clan leading Shin-gun (god's army) by saying, 'I will go and they should surrender.'
当時は、今の大分県宇佐市小倉山でなく、近くの小山田に鎮座していた八幡神は、この願いに応じ、「われ征きて降し伏）すべし」みずから神軍を率いて隼人討伐に赴くと託宣を下した。