Although this god does not appear in "Kojiki," "Nihon Shoki" or "Manyoshu," this shrine is cited as 'Mezuki no yashiro' in the 'Ogun' chapter of "Izumo no kuni fudoki (Fudoki of Izumo Province)."
この神は記紀万葉には登場しないが、出雲国風土記の意宇郡の条には「賣豆貴社」とあり、同一の神社と考えられる。