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In Kojiki, a number of Goddesses appear throughout the story and among them, Mioya(御祖), interpreted as Mother(母)or Mother of Gods(母神), have been found in 14 cases.
First a close study on the distribution of Mioya has shown that nine examples are actually the focus of interest and out of this, seven examples clearly identify the implication of relations. This is found only in books I and Ⅱ and none in book Ⅲ. Referring to the structure of conscience shown in each books such as Age of God in book I, Age of Man and God in book Ⅱ and Age of Man in book Ⅲ, Mioya can be understood as the instead of .
Next, the Gods in Kojiki can be distinguished into the following two categories : Takamusubinokami(高御産巢日神) and Kamimusubinokami(神産巢日神), also called the Hiizumo(非出雲) and Izumo(出雲) lines respectively. In ancient time, 非出雲 was called Kagetomonomichi and, 出雲 was called Sotomonomichi deriving from the meaning rear side of the mountain. From this fact, if the later is not only confined to Izumo area but allow the assumption that it is Sotomo which has an implication of the surrounding coastal areas of Japan sea such as Tsugaru, Atsunai, Echigo, then it can be approved that Takamusubinokami is affiliated to Kagetomo lines Kamimusubinokami line and yet also belongs to the Sotomo line.
According to their origins, Goddesses in Kojiki can be categorized into Kagetomo (影面) and Sotomo(背面) line and findings show that Mioya was applied solely as Mother God in the Sotomo line. On the other hand, thoughKonohananosakuyahime(木花佐久夜比賣) and Toyotamahime(豊玉比賣), both respectively considered to have important roles, were not considered as Mioya because they were not one of the Sotomo line.
On the other hand, Noiman divided Mother Gods into three categories. A Mother God that has both positive and negative sides, an extremely terrible Mother God that is extremely negative, and finally a Mother God that is a condense of positive sides.
Mioya is a Good Mother who constantly stands by her Son, Miko(son of God) during the ceremony and acts as a guidance to make sure that all the procedures are smoothly carried out.
Finally, it has been found that in many cases, it is described in relations to birth within the fire or rice plants that it is often understood as the Mother of Creation(生成母) or God of all Grains(穀物神) in other words, the Mother God of the Earth.