There are also various theories about how Yasaburo-baba turned into the god: she had turned over a new leaf by the efforts of sojo (the official Buddhist priest in the highest position), or she felt ashamed of herself for having done evil deeds and became a believer in Buddhism personally, or local people enshrined and worshipped the hag as a god to suppress her misdeeds; and so on.
また弥三郎婆がこの神になった経緯についても、僧正の尽力により改心したという説、悪行を恥じて自ら仏門に帰依したという説、土地の者たちが鬼婆を神として祀り上げて崇めることで悪行を収めさせたという説などが唱えられている。