"Kuebiko" that appears in the anecdotes of the nation building of Okuninushi (chief god of Izumo in southern Honshu Island, Japan, and the central character in the important cycle of myths set in that region) is a deification of scarecrows, which are also Tanokami (the agricultural god) and Chijin (earthly deities).
大国主の国づくりの説話に登場する「久延毘古」（クエビコ）は、かかしが神格化されたものであるが、これもまた田の神（農耕神）であり、地神である。