It often appears particularly around deep waters, so there remain many place-names such as 'Ushioni-buchi' (Ushioni-buchi abyss, or Ushioni-buchi deep pond) or 'Ushioni-daki' (Ushioni-daki falls) in the Kinki and Shikoku regions, where legends about Ushioni may have existed.
特に淵に現れることが多く、近畿地方や四国にはこの伝承が伺える「牛鬼淵」・「牛鬼滝」という地名が多く残っている。