Today, most of the scholars agree with the opinion that a myth of Takamanohara mentioned a belief that those who belonged to the governing class were important because they were derived from the heavenly world.
現在でもほとんどの学者は、高天原神話は支配階級を天上界に由来するが故に尊いとする信仰を語ったものであるという説に与している。