According to the description of Tsubakimoto-jinja Shrine (where Tsunofuri no Okami is enshrined) which is located in Kasuga-taisha Shrine Chu-in Temple, Tsunofuri no Kami is 'one of the valiant Kenzokushin (ancillary deities) of Omiya and a god who drives off disaster.'
春日大社中院に鎮座している椿本神社（角振大神を祭神とする）の説明書には「勇猛果敢な大宮の脊属神に坐し、天満退散・攘災の神様」とされている。