The shrine history shows that on March 9, 859, the divided soul of the deity enshrined in this shrine was enshrined in the Ministry of the Imperial Household within Heian-kyo to make it the god protecting the Imperial family, but this description contradicts the shrine history of sono-jinja Shrine and Kara-jinja Shrine in Heian-kyo.
貞観(日本)元年1月27日、平安京内の宮内省に当社の祭神を勧請し、皇室の守護神としたと社伝では伝えているが、平安京の園神社・韓神社の社伝とは矛盾している。