A folktale handed down in Ushimado-cho in Okayama Prefecture (present-day Setouchi City) tells us that Empress Jingu was attacked during sankan-seibatsu (the conquest of three countries in old Korea) by a large eight-headed cow-shaped monster named Jinrinki (gigantic cow goblin).
岡山県牛窓町（現・瀬戸内市）に伝わる話では、神功皇后が三韓征伐の途中、同地にて塵輪鬼（じんりんき）という頭が八つの大牛姿の怪物に襲われた。