In order to avoid both Izanami, still hot on his heels, as well as the shikome (ugly women) underlings of Yomi, he placed a big boulder to block the path to Yomi, and this boulder was called "Chigaeshi no Okami" (the great god of Chigaeshi); the half of the path to Yomi that remained connected to the world of the living is thought to be located in Ifuyasaka (the present-day city of Higashiizumo in Shimane Pref.).
この時、追いすがる妻やその手下の黄泉の醜女（しこめ）達を退けるため、黄泉路をふさいだ大石を、道反の大神（ちがえしのおおかみ）といい、この世に残った黄泉路の半分が、伊賦夜坂（現在の島根県東出雲町）とされる。