[5][6]: 22  There is a complex myth about the origins of modern worship of Yamato Okunitama during the reign of Emperor Sujin.

There was a crisis during his reign and eventually the worship of Amaterasu and Yamato Okunitama were moved out of the imperial palace to separate shrines.

Yamato Okunitama was first entrusted to a daughter of Emperor Sujin named Nunaki-iri-hime [ja], but shortly afterwards, her health began to fail.

[13] These efforts still did not alleviate the ongoing plague, so Sujin decreed that a divination be performed sometime during the 7th year of his reign, that would involve him making a trip to the plain of Kami-asaji, and invoking the eighty myriad deities.

[14] Agoko no Sukune [ja] was a notable member of the clan and governor of Yamato Province[15] See the references under Nihon Shoki for an extended bibliography