Having been exiled from Takamanohara and arriving in Izumo, Susano met the couple Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi, who each year had daughters who were taken and eaten by a beast called Yamatanoorochi (eight-forked-snake).
高天原を追放されて出雲に降り立ったスサノオは、ヤマタノオロチという怪物に毎年娘を食われているアシナヅチ・テナヅチの夫婦に出会った。