According to the shrine's biography of Toyohiwake gu Shrine (Yukuhashi City, Fukuoka Prefecture) which enshrines Toyohiwake no kami, 大伴連牟彌奈里, a Shinto priest of Hiwake no Okami in Chikushi (also pronounced Tsukushi), received an oracle saying 'I am Sarutahiko no kami' in 541; Sarutahiko was bunshin (a god who is a part of another god) of Amaterasu Omikami (the Sun Goddess) so that Toyohiwake no okami was enshrined to hongu (main shrine) and Sarutahiko was enshrined to betsugu (associated shrine).
豊日別神を祀る豊日別宮（福岡県行橋市）の社伝では、欽明天皇2年、筑紫の日別大神の神官・大伴連牟彌奈里に「吾は猿田彦神なり」と神託があり、猿田彦は天照大神の分神であり、豊日別大神を本宮とし、猿田彦を別宮とするとの記述がある。