She succeeded Toyosukiiribime no Mikoto, the daughter of the tenth Empero, Sujin, as the 'Mitsueshiro,' a kind of prophet or oracle of the goddess Amaterasu Omikami, and traveled from Yamato Province, through Iga Province, Omi Province, Mino Province, and Owari Province, arriving in Ise Province, where she is said to have received an oracle to build Ise Jingu Shrine at its present location.
第10代崇神天皇の皇女豊鍬入姫命の後を継ぎ天照大神の「御杖代（みつえしろ、神の意を受ける依代）」として大和国から伊賀国・近江国・美濃国・尾張国の諸国を経て伊勢国の国に入り、神託により現在地に伊勢神宮を創建したとされる。