Yatagarasu appearing in the Japanese mythology is considered to have been not just a crow but a sacred symbol of the sun god, and seems to have had something to do with religious belief.
日本神話に登場する八咫烏は単なる烏ではなく太陽神を意味する神聖の象徴と考えられ、信仰に関連するものと考えられている。