At that time he didn't plant the seeds of trees, which Isotakerunokami had brought back from the heavens, in Kara (the old Korea) and planted them in Yashima (also known as Oyashima, Honshu (the main island of Japan)), and Oyashima became the land of mountains.
そのとき五十猛神が天から持ち帰った木々の種を、韓（から、朝鮮）の地には植えず、八島（おおやしま、本州のこと）に植えたので、大八州は山の地になったと言う。