Okikurmi
Ainu · demigod · legendary · Recorded classification
Demigod culture-hero called Ainurakkur, 'father of the Ainu.'
Parentage
- parent: Kanna Kamuy
Domains
- civilization
- craft
Powers
- Teach hunting, fishing, weaving, and ritual
- Descend from the sky to dwell among humans
Relations
- ally: Wakka-us KamuyIn the famine-feast yukar Okikurmi petitions the water-goddess Wakka-us Kamuy, who convenes the kamuy to relieve the famine.Philippi, Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans (1979) — the famine-feast kamuy-yukar (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Ainu kamuy yukar (oral epic of Aeoina-kamuy) (primary)