Okage mairi, as well as other pilgrimages, was accompanied by many folktales, such as one about the dead coming back to life, and there were sometimes stories where followers of the Shinshu sect who refused to join the pilgrimage were punished by God.
死人が生き返ったなど、他の巡礼にも付き物の説話は数多くあるが、巡礼を拒んだ真宗教徒が神罰を受ける話がまま見られる。