Furthermore, he was given the Three Sacred Items (Yasakani no magatama [comma-shaped jewel], Yata no Kagami [the eight-span mirror], Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi [the sword Ame no Murakumo, literally "Heavenly Sword of Assembled Clouds"]) and Omoikane, Tajikarao and Amenoiwatowake from the eternal world to accompany him, and Amaterasu said, 'Think of this mirror as my spirit, enshrine it and worship me. Omoikane, you should be in charge of rituals and take care of the administration of the shrine' (the "Kojiki").
さらに、三種の神器（八尺瓊勾玉、八咫鏡、天叢雲剣）と常世のオモイカネ、タヂカラオ、アメノイワトワケを副え、「この鏡を私（アマテラス）の御魂と思って、私を拝むように敬い祀りなさい。オモイカネは、祭祀を取り扱い神宮の政務を行いなさい」（「邇邇藝命者此鏡者同我御魂欲祭此者當如拜吾前尊崇而祭之次思金神者取持前事輔其為政」『古事記』）と言った。