Some people believe these eclipses correspond to the tale of Amaterasu hiding herself in Ama no Iwato (the Cave of Heaven), or Iwato Gakure, in Kiki-shinwa (this story is included in the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and mythology).
記紀神話に見る天岩戸にアマテラスが隠れたという記事（岩戸隠れ）に相当するのではないかという見解もある。