He is thought by some to be Oyabiko no kami (the one identified with the god of disorder, Magatsuhi no Kami) who was the children of Izanagi and Izanami (the god and goddess who created the Japanese islands), but he is in fact a different deity.
イザナギ・イザナミの子である大屋毘古神（禍津日神と同一神とされる）とは別神であるが、同一神とされることもある。