According to 'Wakan sansai zue' (an encyclopedia compiled in the Edo period) or 'Yamashiro Meisho Shi (Annals of Yamashiro's picturesque sites), the enshrined deity of Efumi-jinja Shrine is Amenomikudaritama no mikoto, one of the Sanjubanshin (30 guardian deities) in the Imperial Court. 「和漢三才図絵」「山城名勝志」などによれば、江文神社の祭神は天三降霊命化神、内裏三十番神のひとつとある。 |