There is also another theory that this poem entrusted the love battle between Naka no Oe no Oji and his brother Emperor Tenmu, over Nukata no Okimi, to the Three Mountains of Yamato.
この歌は、中大兄皇子と弟の天武天皇の額田王をめぐっての恋争いを大和三山に託したものという説もある。