According to a local lore, it is said that long ago, a small but noble child (hiruko (leech child)) was born, but he was abandoned and was left in the currents of water, and he was sad and distressed.
当地に伝わる伝説としてその昔高貴な小子（蛭子）が生まれ流し捨てられ嘆き悲しんだとある。