An interesting one...
So then Amaterasu-oomikami and Takamimusubi-no-kami again asked all the Deities, [saying]: "Ame-no-Wakahiko is long of bringing back a report. Which Deity shall we send on a fresh mission to enquire the cause of Ame-no-Wakahiko's long tarrying?"
Thereupon all the Deities and likewise Omoikane-no-kami replied, saying: "The pheasant Nakime should be sent," upon which [Takamimusubi-no-kami and Amaterasu-oomikami] charged [the pheasant], saying: "What thou shalt go and ask Ame-no-Wakahiko is this: The reason for which thou wast sent to the Central Land of Reed-Plains was to subdue and pacify the savage deities of that land. Why for eight years bringest thou back no report?"
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