 In some stories, Suwa Daimyōjin is a conqueror who subdued a number of local deities, one of them being the god Moreya, who is subsequently said to have become the ancestor of the Moriya (守矢氏) clan, one of the priestly families who served the Suwa lineage of high priests.In another myth, the god is a being with no physical form who chose an eight-year-old boy to become his priest and living incarnation (see 'As "ōhōri"' section below).Although this boy, who is said to have been the founding ancestor of the clan, is traditionally claimed to be a semi-legendary priest from the Heian period named Arikazu (有員), one genealogical record of the Suwa clan discovered in 1884 portrays Arikazu as a descendant of an earlier priest named Kumako (神子 or 熊子).