During the Jinmu tosei (story in Japanese mythology about the first generation of the Imperial family), he was ordered by Takamimusubi no mikoto and Amaterasu Omikami to descend from heaven in Hinomine, Yamato Province, to arrive on Mount Katsuragi-san in Yamato Province, and was incarnated as a Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jinmu on his eastern expedition) and to lead Emperor Jinmu.
神武東征の際、タカミムスビ・天照大神の命を受けて日向の曾の峰に天降り、大和国の葛木山に至り、八咫烏に化身して神武天皇を先導した。