Tokapcup-kamuy
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Tokapcup-kamuy (Ainu: トカㇷ゚チュㇷ゚カムイ, day-illuminating god) is the solar goddess of the Ainu people. Her husband is the moon god . Kotan-kar-kamuy was given the task of illuminating the human world, as well raising the culture hero Aynurakkur.[1]
See also[]
- List of solar deities
- Amaterasu, her Japanese counterpart
References[]
- ^ Beauclair, Inez de (1994). Götter und Mythen Ostasiens (in German). Klett-Cotta. p. 204. ISBN 9783129098608.
Categories:
- Ainu kamuy
- Solar goddesses
- Japan culture stubs
- Asian ethnic group stubs
- Japanese mythology stubs