In an episode from Emperor Keiko in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), an araburu kami (rough deity) from Mt. Ibuki was transformed into a huge snake and appeared in front of Yamato Takeru (no mikoto) who said 'This snake must be a servant of the rough deity.'
日本書紀の景行天皇記には、伊吹山の荒神（あらぶるかみ）が大蛇に化身してヤマトタケルの前に現れたのを、尊は「大蛇は荒神の使いだろう」と言ったという記述がある。