Gozu-Tennosha Shrines were built across Japan, because Tatari-gami was believed to be an evil god bringing epidemic but at the same time come to work as the guardian god if cordially treated.
疫病をもたらす厄神であると同時に、手厚く祀る者には守護神として働くとされ、全国各地に牛頭天王社が創建された。