Some creatures (including foxes and imaginary creatures such as a water goblin called a kappa, a legendary Chinese animal with a single horn called a kirin, and a winged mountain spirit with a long nose called a tengu) are also enshrined as secondary deities along with old sacred trees and holy stones, functioning as a yorishiro of the primary god or the guardian god of the area.
その他にも生き物（架空を含めた河童や麒麟や天狗や狐）なども副たる神として祀られ、昔からあった神木や霊石もそのまま存在し、主宰の神や土地神の依り代として同時に祀られる。