Aratama and Nikitama showcase strong (and different) dispositions of the same god so as to trick people into assuming that they are two different gods, when in reality, there are cases in which different names are given to the same god, or where the god's two natures are enshrined separately, such as Shogu and Aramatsurinomiya in Kotai-jingu Shrine.
荒魂と和魂は、同一の神であっても別の神に見えるほどの強い個性の表れであり、実際別の神名が与えられたり、皇大神宮の正宮と荒祭宮といったように、別に祀られていたりすることもある。