The above anecdote concerning Amenouzume, in which she is said to have addressed Sarutahiko during tensonkorin and named herself Sarumenokimi after him, and this can be pointed out as evidence that Amenouzume The anecdote concerning Amenouzume recounted above, in which she is said to have addressed Sarutahiko during tensonkorin and named herself Sarumenokimi after him, can also be marshalled as evidence that Amenouzume was a deified figure of a Miko who served the sun god, because Sarutahiko was originally the sun god worshipped in Ise Province.was the deified figure of miko who served the sun god because Sarutahiko was originally the sun god admired in Ise Province.
また天孫降臨の際にサルタヒコと応対し、その後、その名を負って猿女君を名乗ったという逸話も、サルタヒコが元々伊勢国地方で崇められていた太陽神であったとされることから、アメノウズメが太陽神に使える巫女たちを神格化したものであることの証拠とも言える。