Kamuy
Under Kamuy ( カ ム ィ , Japanese 神威 、 神 居 , bear, deity ) the Ainu understood good and bad gods and forces, objects and appearances that are to be respected. According to the traditional beliefs of the Ainu, all things are alive, have their own power and, like animals and plants, act analogously to human activity. They are thus similar to the Kami of Japanese mythology (the missionary John Batchelor assumed that this word had its origin with the Ainu) and the Wak'a of the indigenous South American religions of the Quechua and Aymara . The Ainu's use of the term is very extensive and context-dependent and can refer to something as particularly positive as well as to something particularly highly regarded. Batchelor compares it to the Greek term daimon .
list
The main Kamuy are:
- Ape-huci-kamuy , goddess of fire
- Aynurakkur , also Oyna-kamuy, cultural hero , who showed the people domestication
- Cise-kor-kamuy , god of the house
- Cikap-kamuy , also Kotan-kar-kamuy ( コ タ ン カ ㇽ カ ム イ ), god of the owls and the land
- Hasinaw-uk-kamuy ( ハ シ ナ ウ ウ ㇰ カ ム イ ), goddess of the hunt
- Kandakoro-kamuy , god of heaven
- Kenas-unarpe ( ケ ナ ㇱ ウ ナ ㇻ ペ ), blood -drinking monster (victims are mostly hunters)
- Kim-un-kamuy ( キ ム ン カ ム イ ), god of bears and mountains
- Kina-sut-kamuy ( キ ナ ス ッ カ ム イ ), god of snakes
- Kunnecup-kamuy , moon god
- Mosirkara-kamuy , creator of the earth
- Nusa-kor-kamuy ( ヌ サ コ ㇽ カ ム イ ), messenger of the gods
- Pawci-kamuy , god of madness
- Repun-kamuy , god of the sea
- Sirampa-kamuy , god of vegetation
- Tokapcup-kamuy , sun god
- Wakka-us-kamuy , god of fresh water
- Yushkep-kamuy , god of spiders
More Kamuy:
- At-kor-kamuy , sea monster
Furthermore, be guardian angels called Ituren-Kamui.
literature
- Hans Wilhelm Haussig , Egidius Schmalzriedt (Hrsg.): Götter und Mythen Ostasiens (= dictionary of mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 6). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-12-909860-7 .