He is one of the five Gods (six Gods, according to the third "alternative writing" of Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)) created by Susano from the Yasaka-no-magatama Bead which he had gotten from its original owner Amaterasu Omikami (the Sun Goddess) in the Chapter of Amaterasu's and Susano's covenant.
アマテラスとスサノオの誓約の段において、スサノオが天照大神の持ち物である八尺勾珠を譲り受けて化生させた五柱（日本書紀第三の一書では六柱）の神の一柱である。