In Japanese Shinto mythology, Ame-No-Wakahiko is the son of Ame-No-Hohi and husband of Shitateru-hime. Ame-No-Wakahiko was sent by the other gods to rule the earth after Ame-No-Hohi disappeared. Eight years passed with no word from Ame-No-Wakahiko, so the gods sent down a pheasant to find him. The pheasant perched in a tree outside Ame-No-Wakahiko's house, where a woman noticed it and told Ame-No-Wakahiko that it was an evil omen.