In the chapter of Ashihara no Nakatsukuniheitei in Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters), Amenotorifune was dispatched to Ashihara no nakatsukuni (another word for the country or the location of Japan) as Vice Commander of Takemikazuchi.
古事記の葦原中国平定の段では、天鳥船がタケミカヅチの副使として葦原中国に派遣された。