The opening of the first volume of Kojiki says that, at the creation of heaven and earth, each of the following three deities (The Three Gods of Creation) became 'Hitorigami' (a deity without having Meotogami as a pair) at Takamanohara (plain of high heaven), and immediately hid themselves.
古事記上巻の冒頭では、天地開闢(日本神話)の際、高天原に以下の三柱の神（造化の三神という）が、いずれも「独神」（対となる夫婦神を持たない神）として成って、そのまま身を隠したという。