It is said that the god requested to have her as "Kami no Yashiro" (The Shrine of God) to save humankind but also threatened to destroy the Nakayama family if they refused.
その神は、みきを「神の社」として貰い受けたいと申し出て、その申し出を受け入れるならば、世の人々を救済するが、拒めば、中山家を滅ぼすと言ったという。