According to a legend in Inaba Province (the present-day eastern part of Tottori Prefecture), a countless number of lights looked like firefly lights swarmed around a straw raincoat on the snowy night.
また因幡国（現・鳥取県東部）の伝承では、雪の降る晩に小さな蛍火のような光となって無数に蓑に群がるという。