Outside Ehime Prefecture, Amami-oshima Island has a religious rite based on the faith in Ushioni named 'Numatonukanushi,' in which a cow specter god (agricultural god) having eight hones, eight legs, eight tails, and numerous star-shaped spots comes ashore from the sea, wanders among bonfires with shouts in a loud voice similar to the voice of charumera (a shawm-like instrument played by street vendors) while people on the island welcome it by putting their heads on the ground.
愛媛県以外でも、奄美大島では「ナマトヌカヌシ」という牛神信仰祭があり、八角八足八尾の星形のまだら模様を無数にもつ牛の妖怪神（農耕神）が海から上がり、チャルメラのような大声で叫んで篝火の間を徘徊し、島人は地に頭をつけて迎えるという。