Incidentally, it is believed that the Inbe (忌部) clan (also written in the Chinese character, 斎部 with the identical pronunciation as 忌部) were those who left Awa (阿波) Province for the east, which appeared in the story of Ogetsuhime.
尚、天目一箇神を祖とする忌部氏（斎部氏）は、オオゲツヒメの話に登場する阿波国を出て東に向かった者とされている。