In Kiki-shinwa (the mythology of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki), Susano was described as being a soshin (an ancestor worshipped as a deity) of a god from the Izumo region, but he received little mention in the "Izumo no kuni fudoki" (the topography of Izumo Province), which provided descriptions of place name systems such as those of Yasugi-go in O County and Susa-go in Iishi County and setsuwa (anecdotes) concerning the mikogami (the child gods in a shrine where parent-child gods are enshrined) so anecdotes concerning the slaying of Yamata no Orochi were not included.
記紀神話においては出雲の神の祖神として書かれているスサノオであるが、『出雲国風土記』ではスサノオはあまり登場せず、意宇郡安来郷や飯石郡（いいしのこおり）須佐郷などの地名制定や御子神たちの説話が書かれており、ヤマタノオロチ退治の説話は記載されていない。