Infectious diseases, famine, natural disaster, and other calamities are the manifestation of god, and a theory states that religious services in shrines started in awe of god to quell and seal these disasters and enshrine gods.
流行り病い、飢饉、天災、その他の災厄そのものが神の顕現であり、それを畏れ鎮めて封印し、祀り上げたものが神社祭祀の始まりとの説がある。