Tamayorihime no mikoto and the Emperor Jinmu were enshrined at the shrine when new buildings were constructed at Hono Ikazuchi-jinja Shrine in the year 718 but it fell into decline by the middle ages and merged with Muko-jinja Shrine in 1275; the name becoming written using alternative characters which remain in use today.
火雷神社は養老2年（718年）の社殿新築にあたり玉依姫命と神武天皇を合祀したが、中世に至ると衰微、建治元年（1275年）には向神社が併祭することとなり、向日神社と社名を改めて今日に至っている。