The Engishiki Jinmyocho (a list of shrines) describes the shrine as 'upper and lower Katsuraki Imasu Hono Ikazuchi-jinja Shrines in Oshimi-no-Kori or Oshimi-gun in Yamato Province,' ranks it as a Myojin Taisha (shrine dedicated to a famed deity), states that it receives offerings at the Tsukinami, Ainame, Niiname Ceremonies.
延喜式神名帳では「大和国忍海郡葛木坐火雷神社二座」と記載され、名神大社に列し、月次・相嘗・新嘗の弊帛に預ると記されている。