The anecdotes were predominantly broken down into the 3 categories including: a good deed was rewarded by a favorable compensation, someone suffered the consequence of their evil deed or the both but there are some anecdotes concerning monstrosities with no direct relation to good or evil.
説話の大部分は善をなして良い報いを受けた話、悪をなして悪い報いを受けた話のいずれか、あるいはその両方だが、一部には善悪と直接かかわりない怪異を記した話もある。