Also called Kōya Myōjin 高野明神. An old hunter represented with a white dog or dogs or as a courtly figure in formal dress. He is the son, or the emanation of *Niu Myōjin 丹生明神, the deity of Mt. Kōya 高野, Wakayama Prefecture, and is therefore often depicted as a companion to her although he may also appear alone or with other deities. According to the legend of the founding of Kongōbuji 金剛峯寺 on Mt Kōya, Kariba Myōjin guided *Kūkai 空海 (774-835, see *Kōbō Daishi 弘法大師) to the sacred spot in the mountains where he founded his monastery in 816. Kariba Myōjin and his mother both became protectors of the temple and are worshipped, with two added deities, in Amano Jinja 天野神社 (now called Niutsuhime Jinja 丹生都比売神社) on Mt. Kōya. These four deities were known as the Kōya Shisho Gongen 高野四所権現, or Kōya Shisha Myōjin 高野四社明神. His Buddhist counterpart *honjibutsu 本地仏 is *Yakushi 薬師 or *Dainichi 大日 of the Diamond World Mandala *Kongōkai mandara 金剛界曼荼羅.