It is said that WATANABE no Tsuna was a handsome man like MINAMOTO no Toru and, as one of the four loyal retainers of MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu of the Settsu-Genji, who were descended from the Seiwa-Genji, he appears as a valiant warrior in the legend of his victory over the demon, Shuten Doji of Mount Oe-yama.
渡辺綱は、源融ゆずりの美男子と伝わるが、清和源氏嫡流である摂津源氏の源頼光の四天王筆頭とされ、大江山の酒呑童子退治説話などに剛勇の武者として登場。