In addition, it has been said that Omiwa-jinja Shrine is a head of a dragon, this shrine is its body, and Nagao-jinja Shrine in Taima-cho is its tail as these shrines line the Yokooji Road.
尚、横大路に沿うように、大神神社を龍の頭、当神社を龍の胴、當麻町の長尾神社を龍の尾とする伝承がある。