Further development in mikomai took place in local areas, where shrine maidens and shugenja (ascetic monks) joined together and created new mikomai that were influenced heavily by the prayers and folkways aiming for repose of souls.
また、地方では修験者と巫女が結びついて祈祷や鎮魂を目的とする民間習俗の色彩が濃い巫女舞も行われるようになった。