In Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), which was written in 720, slightly later than the Kojiki, Emperor Yuryaku accidentally meets the deity Hitokotonushi just as in the Kojiki, but subsequently goes hunting with the god and has an equal status.
少し後の720年に書かれた日本書紀では、雄略天皇が一言主神に出会う所までは同じだが、その後共に狩りをして楽しんだと書かれていて、天皇と対等の立場になっている。