However, in "Dainihon Ichinomiya Ki (List of prominent shrines in Japan)" written by Kanetomo YOSHIDA during the Muromachi period, Kukurihimenokami was referred to as the enshrined deity of the Kamisha of Shirayamahime-jinja Shrine and in the books written in the Edo period, it is clearly stated that Shirayamahimenokami and Kukurihimenokami are the same deity.
しかしながら、室町時代吉田兼倶によって書かれた『大日本一宮記』内には菊理媛が白山比咩神社の上社祭神として書かれており、江戸時代の書物において白山比咩神と菊理媛が同一神と明記されるようになった。