The theory proposed by Wataru IKEBA that shrines in Ancient Shintoism traditionally built as places of incantation or festival in large communities were modified by the influence of Buddhist concept and that the 'idea of permanent presence of deity' as presented by the enshrined deity always dwells in the main building of the shrine was born also agrees with the explanation that shrines were built at places of Ancient Shintoism.
古来から大規模集落にみられた祈祷や祭礼の場所としての古神道の神殿が、仏教思想の影響により、神社の本殿に神が鎮座するとする「神常在思想」が発生したと、池辺弥はしていることなども、古神道の場所に神社が建立された、とする説明に合致する。