It is said that although Takemikazuchi no kami and Futsunushi no kami soon left Shiogama, Shiotsuchinooji remained there and taught people fishery and the method of manufacturing salt.
武甕槌神と経津主神はすぐに去って行くが塩土老翁はこの地にとどまり、人々に漁業や製塩法を教えたという。