Then a nearby toad said to bring Sukuna-biko-na to Kuebiko the kami of agriculture, as the scarecrow god would know.

Ōkuninushi was on a quest to continue the creation of the Central Reed Plain and unite the people.

[2] Tradition holds that Sukuna-biko-na left this world at Awaji Island by climbing a grain of millet, which then dipped under his weight and rebounded, flinging him into Tokoyo no Kuni.

[3] As part of his quest to help Ōkuninushi complete construction of the land, Sukuna-biko-na invented medicines and cures for illnesses and diseases, including magical spells for protection.

His footprints left an impression on the rock, known as Tamanoishi, which remains in Dogo Onsen today north of the main building.

[4][5] The ability for the natural hot spring to cure a god bestowed the waters, and the land itself from which they sprung, a divine importance.

Due to Sukuna bikona's gift of liquor to the people, he is sometimes paired with the goddess of food Uke Mochi.

Both Sukuna bikona and Ohona-mochi are enshrined as sacred stones in a temple in Noto Province.

It is possible for a deity to be in more than one place at a time, as such a Kami may be housed at many shrines, as well as being omnipresent and omniscient.

In the Montoku Jitsuroku, a book of Japanese history, Ōkuninushi and Sukuna Hikona descended in 856, proclaiming that they had returned to help the people of the land and a shrine was built to honor their arrival.

Mitake[5] In Noto Province there are Stone Idols said to represent Sukuna bikona and Ohana-mochi.

In one version, Harisaijo, Amaterasu's daughter, is exiled to the island of Awashima for having a woman's ailment.

[10] Sukuna Hikona, as a kami of healing, is credited with the invention of cures for several diseases of humans and animals.