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'''Kotan-kar-kamuy''' (コタンカ |
'''Kotan-kar-kamuy''' (コタンカㇽカムイ, lit. 'world-making-god')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/siror/dictionary/detail.php?book_id=P0298|title=アイヌと自然デジタル図鑑|last=アイヌ民族博物館|website=www.ainu-museum.or.jp|language=ja|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> is the [[creator deity]] of the [[Ainu people]]. He should not be confused with god of the land [[Kotan-kor-kamuy]],<ref name="Dettmer">{{cite encyclopedia|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=Q4BQ0YmlPKIC|page=199}}|title=Die Mythologie der Ainu|last=Dettmer|first=Hans A.|date=1994|encyclopedia=Götter und Mythen in Ostasien|publisher=Klett-Cotta|isbn=9783129098608|editor-last=Haussig|editor-first=H.W.|series=Wörterbuch der Mythologie|volume=Band VI|location=|pages=199–200|language=de}}</ref> or the god of the sky [[Kandakoro Kamuy]]. |
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According to missionary [[John Batchelor (missionary)|John Batchelor]], all [[kamuy]] are intermediaries responsible to Kotan-kar-kamuy in the Ainu religion, who is regarded as the almighty and eternal ruler of the universe.<ref>John Batchelor: The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore, London 1901, p. 35, p. 575–585.</ref> This |
According to missionary [[John Batchelor (missionary)|John Batchelor]], all [[kamuy]] are intermediaries responsible to Kotan-kar-kamuy in the Ainu religion, who is regarded as the almighty and eternal ruler of the universe.<ref>John Batchelor: The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore, London 1901, p. 35, p. 575–585.</ref> This led to assumptions that the Ainu faith had originally been [[Monotheism|monotheistic]].<ref name="Dettmer" /> Although he stands on top of the hierarchy of gods in Ainu mythology he is only rarely worshipped.<ref name="Dettmer" /> Therefore, Norbert Richard Adami criticises the monotheism theory, and holds that Batchelor's views leading into this direction resulted from a straitened and sometimes misinterpreted mode of perception based on his faith, through which they would lose in value.<ref name="adami">Norbert Richard Adami: Religion und Schaminismus der Ainu auf Sachalin (Karafuto), Bonn 1989, p. 40-41.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 5 March 2024
Kotan-kar-kamuy (コタンカㇽカムイ, lit. 'world-making-god')[1] is the creator deity of the Ainu people. He should not be confused with god of the land Kotan-kor-kamuy,[2] or the god of the sky Kandakoro Kamuy.
According to missionary John Batchelor, all kamuy are intermediaries responsible to Kotan-kar-kamuy in the Ainu religion, who is regarded as the almighty and eternal ruler of the universe.[3] This led to assumptions that the Ainu faith had originally been monotheistic.[2] Although he stands on top of the hierarchy of gods in Ainu mythology he is only rarely worshipped.[2] Therefore, Norbert Richard Adami criticises the monotheism theory, and holds that Batchelor's views leading into this direction resulted from a straitened and sometimes misinterpreted mode of perception based on his faith, through which they would lose in value.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ アイヌ民族博物館. "アイヌと自然デジタル図鑑". www.ainu-museum.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ a b c Dettmer, Hans A. (1994). "Die Mythologie der Ainu". In Haussig, H.W. (ed.). Götter und Mythen in Ostasien. Wörterbuch der Mythologie (in German). Vol. Band VI. Klett-Cotta. pp. 199–200. ISBN 9783129098608.
- ^ John Batchelor: The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore, London 1901, p. 35, p. 575–585.
- ^ Norbert Richard Adami: Religion und Schaminismus der Ainu auf Sachalin (Karafuto), Bonn 1989, p. 40-41.
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