Sukunahikona is linked to the Issunboshi of the Middle Ages in "Kootoko no Soshi" and to the modern Issunboshi in "Otogi Zoshi" through intermediaries of Dojohoshi in 'Nihon Ryoiki' (Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition, written in the early Heian period) and SUGAWARA no Michizane in "Tenjin Engi" (The History of Kitano Tenjin Shrine).
スクナヒコナは「日本霊異記」の道場法師、『天神縁起』の菅原道真を媒介し中世の『小男の草子』、近世の『御伽草子』の一寸法師にまでつながっていく。