According to a tradition, Juni-jinja Shrine's current land of Sagizuka-ike Pond in Takenouchi village, was exchanged with that of Yatsugi-jinja Shrine which enshrines the ubusunagami (guardian deity of one's birthplace) of Otogi village during the Edo period.
伝承によれば、江戸時代、乙木村の産土神である夜都岐神社の社地と、現在の十二神社の社地である竹之内村の三間塚池（さぎづかいけ）を交換したという。