Just as Okuninushi no Mikoto (Ohonamuchi, oho means great, na means the earth, muchi means revered being) created a country with the help of Sukunahikona, dwarfs pair up with giants, and they share their attributes of heroes, which are power and wisdom.
大国主命（オホナムチ・大大地尊、オホ大、ナ大地、ムチ尊い方）がスクナヒコナの助力により国づくりをしたように小人は巨人とペアになって英雄の属性たる力と知恵をそれぞれ分け持つことが多い。