The worship of Ame no Minakanushi no Kami was amalgamated with the North Star worship and the Big Dipper worship, and further with Buddhism's Myoken worship (worship of the bodhisattva Myoken, alias Myoken-san), forming the base for Atsutane HIRATA to establish a teaching theory which regards this kami as the god of the Big Dipper.
北極星・北斗七星信仰、さらに仏教の妙見信仰（妙見菩薩・妙見さん）と習合され、平田篤胤が北斗七星の神とする教学を確立した。