On the other hand, according to the "Nihonshoki," Inahi no mikoto went across the sea with Emperor Jinmu's troops to subdue the east region, but when he was attacked by a storm on the way to Kumano, he railed, 'My ancestors were Tenjin (heavenly gods) and my mother was Watatsumi no kami (tutelary of the sea), and yet why on earth you want to torment me, not only on the land but also in the sea?' and he entered the sea drawing a sword, and turned into Sahimochi no kami (deity Sahimochi).
『日本書紀』では稲飯命は神武東征に従うが、熊野に進んで行くときに暴風に遭い、我が先祖は天神、母は海神であるのに、どうして我を陸に苦しめ、また海に苦しめるのか（「嗟乎吾祖則天神母則海神如何厄我於陸復厄我於海乎」）と行って、剣を抜いて海に入り、鋤持（サヒモチ）の神になったとする。