In Shimotsuke Province which was Hidesato's base, there is a story in which Sarumaudayu (or Iwaji/Iwasaburo who were hunters) killed the god of Mt. Nantai-zan which changed its form into a centipede (a legend that led to the birth of the name, "Nikko Senjougahara (warfield in Nikko)"), and it seems that this legend was linked with anecdotes of Hidesato.
秀郷の本拠地である下野国には、日光市と赤城山の神戦の中で大百足に姿を変えた男体山の神を猿丸太夫（または猟師の磐次・磐三郎）が討つという話があり（この折の戦場から「日光戦場ヶ原」の名が残るという伝説）、これが秀郷に結びつけられたものと考えられる。