In Nihon Genpo Zen-aku Ryoiki (Buddhist Stories), which was written in 822, Hitokotonushi appears as a god who serves EN no Ozuno (a magician who was also a member of the Kamo clan), showing an even more serious decline in his status.
さらに、822年の日本現報善悪霊異記では、一言主は役小角（これも賀茂氏の一族である）に使役される神にまで地位が低下していた。