At any rate, it is said that influence of these urban legends may have been behind the situation where multiple Meki were indiscriminately erected, Meao came into picture and the 3 established Fudo began to refer to themselves as Goshiki Fudo.
いずれにせよ明治以降、複数の目黄が乱立し、目青が登場し、従来の三不動も五色不動を名乗り始めた背景には、こうした都市伝説の影響があったのではないかとも言われている。