This story is not described in "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters) or "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), but is found at the top of "Izumo no Kuni Fudoki" (the Topography of Izumo Province), at the beginning of the section of Ou-gun.
『古事記』や『日本書紀』には記載されておらず、『出雲国風土記』の冒頭、意宇郡の最初の部分に書かれている。