In the early modern age, with an aim to interpret the Kojiki in detail, Norinaga MOTOORI from Ise Province wrote his masterpiece, "Kojikiden" (Commentaries on the Kojiki), and the "Nihon Shoki"-dominated mythology changed to "The Kojiki"-dominated mythology, and the trend continues to this day.
近世になると、伊勢国出身の本居宣長が、古事記に対して本格的解明を目指し名著『古事記伝』を書き上げ、『日本書紀』優位の神話が一変して、『古事記』優位の神話が主体となり、現在にいたっている。