The 'harae kotoba,' one of the "norito" (Shinto prayers) that Shinto priests enchant prior to religious services, reads "Haraedo no Okami and others were created when Izanagi, the great deity, performed misogi-harae (purification rites) at Awakigihara in Tachibana no Odo in Hyuga (in Miyazaki Prefecture) in Chikushi (Kyushu).
神職が祭祀に先立って唱える祝詞である「祓詞」では「伊邪那岐大神筑紫の日向の橘の小戸の阿波岐原に禊祓給ひし時に生り坐せる祓戸大神等」と言っている。