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Though the nine shrines Taichû focuses on have strong connections to Japanese deities and their worship (i.e. [[Shinto]]), Taichû goes on to describe native [[Ryukyuan religion]] as well, touching upon the indigenous [[hearth deity|hearth spirits]] (''hi nu kan''), pestilence spirits, and so forth, as well as ''[[kagura]]'', [[torii]], [[Amaterasu]], and ''[[dosojin|dôsojin]]'' (street spirits) stemming from Japan, and the Chinese goddess [[Tenpi]].

Though the nine shrines Taichû focuses on have strong connections to Japanese deities and their worship (i.e. [[Shinto]]), Taichû goes on to describe native [[Ryukyuan religion]] as well, touching upon the indigenous [[hearth deity|hearth spirits]] (''hi nu kan''), pestilence spirits, and so forth, as well as ''[[kagura]]'', [[torii]], [[Amaterasu]], and ''[[dosojin|dôsojin]]'' (street spirits) stemming from Japan, and the Chinese goddess [[Tenpi]].

In the last sections of the book, Taichû touches upon a wide range of Ryukyuan customs and myths, from the origin of ''[[hachimaki]]'' (court caps), theories connecting Ryûkyû to the [[Dragon King|Dragon King's]] under water palace (''Ryûgû''), and ''[[habu]]'' (Ryukyuan vipers), to whaling and fishing, [[tattoos]], and how the servants of the mountain gods are called Tarô and Jirô.

In the last sections of the book, Taichû touches upon a wide range of Ryukyuan customs and myths, from the origin of ''[[hachimaki]]'' (court caps), theories connecting Ryûkyû to the [[Dragon King|Dragon King's]] under water palace (''Ryûgû''), and ''[[habu]]'' (Ryukyuan vipers), to whaling and fishing, [[tattoos]], and how the servants of the mountain gods are called Tarô and Jirô. The ''Ryûkyû Shintô ki'' is also significantly the first text to indicate that the kings of Ryûkyû were descended from [[Minamoto no Tametomo]]; this myth would become widely accepted, and repeated in both Ryukyuan and Japanese writings as historical fact, down until the early 20th century.

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