While she has been worshipped as a deity of grain and silkworm breeding, she is also enshrined at Inari-sha shrines in place of Ukanomitama since she was confused in later years with Inari-shin (a deity of harvest), who is also a deity of grain.
穀物・養蚕の神として信仰されるが、後に同じ穀物の神である稲荷神と混同されるようになり、ウカノミタマの代わりに稲荷社に祀られていることがある。