While living in Nenokuni (the underworld) together with her father Susano no mikoto, she met Onamuji no mikoto (i.e., Okuninushi), who had come from Ashihara no nakatsukuni to Nenokuni in order to escape the pursuing Yasogami (many deities), and married him at first sight.
父の須佐乃男命とともに根の国に住んでいたが、葦原中国から八十神たちの追跡を逃れるために根の国を訪れた大穴牟遅命（＝大国主）と出会い、一目見てすぐに結婚した。