Two interpretations exist: first, to consider that the god worshipped was Ohirumenomuchi (a female god), and secondly, to think that the god honored was Amateru, the male god in the form of a snake.
この場合、祭神を女神の大日孁貴とする解釈と、蛇体の男神の「アマテル」とする解釈とがある。