More specifically, it was a gratitude or prayer for productiveness, and it was analyzed through a god for death and regeneration of life in "Kinshihen" (The Golden Bough) (A Study in Magic and Religion: Wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion) written by James Frazer.
すなわち豊穣への感謝・祈りでありジェームズ・フレイザーの『金枝篇』で生命の死と再生の神を通して考察された。