It is a ronja (shrines considered to be descendants of a shikinai-sha) of shikinai-sha (shrine listed in the Engishiki (List of Official Shrines)) myojin-taisha shrine 'Otokuni district of Yamashiro Province Otokuninimasu ohoikatsuchi-jinja Shrine' (the other ronja is the 'Honoikazuchi-jinja Shrine' enshrined together at the Muko-jinja Shrine (Muko City).
式内社名神大社「山城国乙訓郡乙訓坐大雷神社」の論社である（他の論社は向日神社（向日市）に合祀された「火雷神社」）。