Its folklore has been handed down in many regions, but among the more rare are 'Kujin (flying god),' which wears white clothing like a Yamabushi monk and flies freely in the sky, as described in Kishu; and 'Suneka' in southern Iwate Prefecture, 'Nagomi' or 'Nagomitakuri' in northern Iwate Prefecture, which appears in order to rip a spot that is believed to appear on a lazy person's shin on the fifteenth day of the new year.
またその伝承も各地に伝わっており、変わったものとして、紀州に伝わる、山伏に似た白衣を着、自由自在に空を飛ぶ「空神」、岩手県南部では「スネカ」、北部では「ナゴミ」「ナゴミタクリ」という、小正月に怠け者のすねにできるという火まだらをはぎとりに現われる天狗などが伝えられる。