Legend also states that Hono Ikazuchi no kami became enshrined on this site when Hono Ikazuchi-jinja Shrine was relocated from Kashihara City in Yamato Province to Yamashiro Province by the Emperor Jinmu.
また火雷神社は神武天皇が大和国橿原市から山城国へ遷った際、当地に火雷神を祀ったことに始まると伝える。