The widow, who was deserted by the young priest, got angry and died at the bed, then a poisonous snake whose length was five fathoms appeared, and went along the Kumano pilgrimage road chasing the priest.
若い僧に逃げられた後怒った寡婦は寝所で死に、その寝所から体長五尋の毒蛇が現れ、僧を追って熊野街道を行く。