Few words about Kamui

Kamui or Kamuy is the Ainu word intended for a spiritual or divine life form in Ainu mythology. Incarnate deities of Ainu mythology often have the term Kamui applied as part of their names. The God so as to Protects the Village.

Factually the giant owl of Hokkaido plus the Russian Far East known as Blakiston's Fishowl Ketupa blakistoni. This owl nests in mature deciduous foliage in riparian woodlands, in the similar areas that a lot of Ainu settlements were situated. its say would have been one of the common nighttime sounds for Hokkaido Ainu.

Sarurun Kamui. The Deity of the Marshes. Other species of occupant and traveling birds are also given the person's name Kamui. Handbook of Japanese Mythology.

Handbook of Japanese Mythology. Handbook of Japanese Mythology. Etter, Carl.

Munro, Neil Gordon. Ainu Creed plus Cult.