Associated with shugenjas (people who practice shugendo, walking around in the mountains and valleys), a more local and secular type of miko emerged, who performed prayers and invocations outside the shrine.
修験者と巫女が結びついて神社に常駐せずに祈祷や鎮魂を請負った、民間習俗の色彩が濃い巫女も現れるようになった。