Shiramba Kamui

Shiramba Kamui

Shiramba Kamui is the Ainu "kamui" ("god") of wood, grains, and other forms of vegetation. He is therefore also the "kamui" of many household tools, which contain wood. He is sometimes portrayed as the brother of Hash-inau-uk Kamui, the goddess of the hunt.

References

*Ashkenazy, Michael. "Handbook of Japanese Mythology". Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, 2003.
*Etter, Carl. "Ainu Folklore: Traditions and Culture of the Vanishing Aborigines of Japan". Chicago: Wilcox and Follett, 1949.
*Munro, Neil Gordon. "Ainu Creed and Cult". New York: Columbia University Press, 1995.


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