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Kotan-kar-kamuy, the Glossary

Kotan-kar-kamuy (コタンカㇽカムイ, lit. 'world-making-god') is the creator deity of the Ainu people.^[1]

7 relations: Ainu people, Cikap-kamuy, Creator deity, John Batchelor (missionary), Kamuy, Kanda-koro-kamuy, Monotheism.
Ainu kamuy
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Ainu people

The Ainu are an ethnic group who reside in northern Japan, including Hokkaido and Northeast Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; they have occupied these areas known to them as "Ainu Mosir" (lit), since before the arrival of the modern Yamato and Russians.

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Cikap-kamuy

Cikap-kamuy (also called Kotan-kor-kamuy, which should not be confused with Kotan-kar-kamuy) is the Ainu kamuy (god) of owls and the land. Kotan-kar-kamuy and Cikap-kamuy are Ainu kamuy.

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Creator deity

A creator deity or creator god is a deity responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe in human religion and mythology.

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John Batchelor (missionary)

Archdeacon John Batchelor, D.D., OBE (20 March 1855 – 2 April 1944) was an Anglican English missionary to the Ainu people of Japan until 1941.

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Kamuy

A kamuy (カムィ; kamui) is a spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology, a term denoting a supernatural entity composed of or possessing spiritual energy. Kotan-kar-kamuy and kamuy are Ainu kamuy.

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Kanda-koro-kamuy

Kanda-koro-kamuy is the Ainu kamuy (god) of the sky. Kotan-kar-kamuy and Kanda-koro-kamuy are Ainu kamuy, Ainu stubs, creator gods and Japanese mythology stubs.

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