In Kojiki and the main body of Nihonshoki, etc., was the third to be born, and since it was born from a fundamental element of Amaterasu Omikami, it was considered to be a mikogami (the child god in a shrine where parent child gods are enshrined) of Amaterasu Omikami.
古事記や日本書紀本文ほかでは3番目に生まれ、天照大神の物種より生まれたので天照大神の御子神であるとされる。