Repun Kamuy
Ainu · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Orca-formed god of the open sea and chief of sea-kamuy.
Domains
- sea
Powers
- Drive whales and fish toward Ainu shores
- Command the lesser kamuy of the ocean
Epithets
- Repun Kamuy The god of the open sea; the orca who drives whales to the shore for the peopleAinu oral epics (yukar); John Batchelor (secondary)
Sources
- existence: J. Batchelor, The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore (1901) (secondary)