In rural areas, because mountains are a source of water, there are beliefs that god of the mountain descends to the village and becomes the god of the rice fields in spring, and returns to the mountain in fall after the harvest.
農村部では水源であることと関連して、春になると山の神が里に降りて田の神となり、秋の収穫を終えると山に帰るという信仰もある。