Kim-un Kamuy
Ainu · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
God of mountains and bears, honored in the iyomante.
Domains
- mountains
- wild beasts
Powers
- Visit humans as a bear bearing meat and fur
- Return to Kamuy-mosir through the iyomante rite
Epithets
- Kim-un Kamuy The god of the mountains; the bear who gives his flesh and is sent home at the IyomanteNeil Gordon Munro, Ainu Creed and Cult (secondary)
Sources
- existence: J. Batchelor, The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore (1901) (secondary)