When Emperor Keiko visited Shiki-shima Island (the present Hirado-shima Island) in AD 72, he saw smoke rising from another island, so he had his retainers examine who lived there, and he found that tsuchigumo called "Omimi" lived in Kojika-jima Island and that another tsuchigumo called "Tarimimi" lived in Ojika-jima Island;
景行天皇が志式島（しきしま。平戸島）に行幸（72年）した際、海の中に島があり、そこから煙が昇っているのを見て探らせてみると、小近島の方には大耳、大近島の方には垂耳という土蜘蛛が棲んでいるのがわかった。