It is also said that he placed a big stone named "Brahma Mountain" (梵山) in place of him as shintai (an object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity) and forced vassals and people in the territory to worship it ("Frois's History of Japan" written by Luis FROIS).
安土城内に信長に代わる『梵山』と称する大石を安置して神体とし、家臣や領民に礼拝を強要したと伝えられる（ルイス・フロイス『フロイス日本史』）。