Ōkuninushi wooed Nunakawahime of Koshi in a celebrated poetic exchange, and their son Takeminakata inherited his father's fierce will — the only one of Ōkuninushi's children to resist the heavenly envoys by force.
Takeminakata seized a boulder and challenged Takemikazuchi to wrestle for the earthly realm — but the thunder god crushed his arm like a reed stalk and chased him to the shores of Lake Suwa, where Takeminakata surrendered and swore never to leave.
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