Additionally, there is an anecdote that Yamato Takeru was transformed into a white bird at Mt. Ibuki in the "Muchimaro den" (The Life of Muchimaro), and another one that says he changed into one in Omi in the chapter about the sword in the "Heike Monogatari" ("The Tale of the Heike").
尚、『武智麻呂伝』にはヤマトタケルが伊吹山で、『平家物語』剣の巻には近江で白鳥となった説話が伝わっている。