Upon Tensonkorin (the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess), he was ordered to descend onto the earth to accompany Ninigi (the grandson of the Sun Goddess) as one of Itsutomonoo (five deities later to become ancestral deities of the five clans) along with Amenokoyane, Futodama, Amenouzume and Ishikoridome.
天孫降臨の際ニニギに附き従って天降るよう命じられ、天児屋命（あめのこやね）、フトダマ（ふとだま）、アメノウズメ（あめのうずめ）、イシコリドメ（いしこりどめ）と共に五伴緒の一人として随伴した。