In "Ashiya-doman Ouchikagami," Seimei is set up as a child born between his father, ABE no Yasuna, and his mother, who was a white fox, that was an avatar of Kuzuha Myojin.
『蘆屋道満大内鑑』では、晴明は父、安倍保名と母、葛葉明神の化身である白狐との間に生まれた子供とされている。