In later periods, legends about the "kanameishi", a stone which is supposed to suppress earthquakes, at Kashima-jingu Shrine led to the belief that the shrine's central deity, Takemikazuchi, was a guardian against earthquakes.
後に鹿島神宮にある要石（かなめいし）が地震をおさえているとの伝承から、鹿島神宮の祭神であるタケミカヅチが地震を防ぐ神とされるようになった。