Hitokotonushi no Okami is a Shinto deity traditionally enshrined in the Katsuragi region, particularly associated with Mount Katsuragi in Nara Prefecture, and is best known from legends recorded in early chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, including an encounter with Emperor Yūryaku. The name, meaning something like "master of a single word," reflects the deity's association with oracles and pronouncements that could resolve matters with a single utterance, whether for good or ill. While popular tradition and some shrine promotions link this kami to fortune and answered prayers, such benefits are devotional claims rather than established doctrine, and the deity's documented significance rests primarily in its oracular and mythological role.