There are various legends regarding the main enshrined deity and texts including "Tangonokuni Shikishasho Jikko" (Lectures on Tango Shrines Noted in the Engishiki) claim it to be Izanagi no Mikoto (one of the two deities principally responsible for the formation of the world).
祭神には諸説あり、『丹後国式社證実考』などではイザナギ(いざなぎ)としている。