The Oda clan self-designated as the Kanmu-Heishi (Taira clan) lineage whose ancestor was TAIRA no Chikazane who was said to be a child of TAIRA no Sukemori on its family tree, but it is also said that it descended from a Shinto priest of Tsurugi-jinja Shrine in Oda no sho, Echizen Province (Echizen-cho, Nyu-gun, Fukui Prefecture).
織田氏は系図の上では平資盛の子と称する平親真を祖とする桓武平氏流と自称しているが、越前国織田庄（福井県丹生郡越前町）の劔神社の神官の出自であるともとされている。