After IMAO no Sukune was bestowed the manor, he revered the shrine as ujigami (a guardian god or spirit of a particular place in the Shinto religion) along with a Shikinai-sha (shrine listed in Engishiki law), Nahaka-jinja Shrine located in Noka in the same city. |
今雄宿禰が当地を拝領してからは、同市苗鹿にある式内社・那波加神社とともに氏神として崇敬した。 |