Kotan-kar-kamuy

Kotan-kar-kamuy (コタンカﾙカムイ, 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]

He created the six worlds of the gods (kamuy), the world of the humans, and the six underworlds. Although he stands on top of the hierarchy of gods in Ainu mythology he is only rarely worshipped.[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Dettmer, Hans A. (1994). "Die Mythologie der Ainu". In Haussig, H.W. (ed.). Götter und Mythen in Ostasien. Wörterbuch der Mythologie (in German). Band VI. Klett-Cotta. pp. 199–200. ISBN 9783129098608.
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