During the Edo period, Enomoto Myojin was identified with Sarutahiko (leader of the Earthly Gods), but prior to that, a deity known as 'Kose no Hafuri' or 'Kose no Hime Myojin' had been worshiped.
江戸時代にサルタヒコのこととされるようになったが、それ以前は巨勢祝あるいは巨勢姫明神という神が祀られていた。