Among the ancestors of the Kamo clan, who moved out of the hilly land for the Nara basin, one branch of the family settled along the Katsuragi River erecting Kamotsuba-jinja Shrine, and another settled at Higashimochida and erected Katsuragi Mitoshi jinja-Shrine.
鴨氏はこの丘陵から奈良盆地に出て、葛城川の岸辺に移った一族が鴨都波神社を、東持田に移った一族が葛木御歳神社を祀った。