This kami appears under the name of Takaginokami at the time of the pacification of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (the Central Land of the Reed Plain, which is the land between heaven and the land of the dead, i.e. the earth) and tensonkorin (the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess).
葦原中津国平定・天孫降臨の際には高木神（タカギノカミ）という名で登場する。