At events such as festivals in which deities are welcomed, marebito, who is a visiting deity, is considered to descend on a pole-shaped object (such as a higeko (beard-box) or a dashi (a float)) that is set up as a yorishiro (object representing a divine spirit).
来訪神のまれびとは神を迎える祭などの際に、立てられた柱状の物体（髯籠・山車など）の依り代に降臨するとされた。