Later on, mention was made of primitive shrines in forests and woods as well as on rock formations and mountains but, places where the deities ascended form the heavens and rested and places where deities resided and were worshiped were identified by being roped off with a Shimenawa.
後に森や木々の神籬（ひもろぎ）や山や岩の磐座（いわくら）ともいわれたが、神の宿る降りる場所や神体として祀られ、その証として注連縄がまかれた。