When Takamimusuhi no Kami (the god Takamimusuhi) sent Amewakahiko down to the Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (literally, the Central Land of Reed Plains, which refers to the human world), Amanohabaya was given to Amewakahiko together with the bow called Amanokagoyumi (for details, refer to "pacification of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni").
高皇産霊神（たかみむすひのかみ）が、天稚彦（あめわかひこ）を葦原中国（あしはらのなかつくに）に下す際に、天鹿児弓（あまのかごゆみ）と共に天稚彦に与えた（詳しい経緯は葦原中国平定を参照）。