Mounds subsequently began to have a significance as the barrier; based on the mythology of Amenouzume in which she beguiled Sarutahiko, who later became her husband, into acting as a guide for Ninigi-no-mikoto, the god of the road 'Chikata no kami' appeared.
以来、塚が結界としての意味を持つようになっていき、猿田彦を騙し、ニニギノミコトの道案内をさせ、後に夫婦となったアメノウズメの神話から「衢神」（ちかたのかみ）という「道の神」がうまれた。