Yamato Takeru is also worshiped as the main deity of the Takebe-taisha Shrine (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture) which is said to have been built by his son, and the Otori-taisha Shrine (Nishi Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture), which is said to have been built at the place where Yamato Takeru landed in the end after turning into a white bird.
また、ヤマトタケルの息子が創始したといわれる建部大社（滋賀県大津市）や、白鳥と化したヤマトタケルが最後に降り立ったところに建てられたとされる大鳥大社（大阪府堺市西区(堺市)）の主祭神として祀られている。