He believed that the chief god of the whole afterworld is Okuninushi but each region is ruled by kunitama no kami, Ichinomiya no kami, Ubusunagami (guardian deity of one's birthplace) and ujigami (a guardian god or spirit of a particular place in the Shinto religion) of the region.
幽冥界の全体の主宰神は大国主であるが、各地のことはその土地の国魂神、一宮の神や産土神・氏神が司るとした。