Heihaku are offerings to the gods, but at the same time, they are thought to be yorishiro (objects in which the gods dwell), and so if these heihaku are treated like yorishiro such as poles with streamers or arms and armor, then they become heisoku (rope or paper offerings), gohei (a staff with streamers), and taima (paper offerings in Shinto), but such objects are also called heihaku.
幣帛は神への捧げ物であると同時に、神の依り代とも考えられ、これが串の先に紙垂を挟んだ依り代や祓具としての幣束・御幣、大麻(神道)となり、これらのことも幣帛と呼ぶ。