According to "Shinsen Shojiroku" (Newly Compiled Register of Clan Names and Titles of Nobility), yatagarasu is the incarnation of Kamotaketsu no mi no mikoto (a Japanese mythological god), a great-grandchild of Kamimusubi, and later it became the founder of Kamo no Agatanushi.
『新撰姓氏録』では、八咫烏はカミムスビの曾孫である賀茂建角身命（かもたけつのみのみこと）の化身であり、その後鴨県主（かものあがたぬし）の祖となったとする。