Furthermore, bodhisattva-like statues were made as shintai (an object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity), known as Sogyo Hachimanshin, in Usa-jingu Shrine, etc.
また、宇佐神宮のように神体が菩薩形をとる神（僧形八幡神）も現れた。