The worship of the deities as the tutelary deities of Enryakuji Temple of the Tendai sect developed into the Sanno Shinko belief, from which a belief called 'Sanno shinto' was further derived later.
そして天台宗・延暦寺の守護神としての崇敬が、山王信仰へと発展しやがては「山王神道」とも呼ばれる信仰をも派生させた。