themselves. In this way, the humans express their gratitude for the kamuy, and the kamuy will continue to bring them prosperity. Some notable kamuy Ae-oina Kamuy, a culture hero who taught humans the domesticated and sacred arts Apasam Kamuy, kamuy of the threshold Cikap-kamuy/Kotan-kor-kamuy, the god of owls and the land Cironnup Kamuy, god of foxes Hasinaw-uk-kamuy, goddess of the hunt hoyau kamui, dragon god Kamuy-huci, goddess of the hearth Kandakoro Kamuy, the prime originator, the god of the sky Kanna Kamuy, kamuy of thunder and lightning Kenas-unarpe, a blood-drinking monster who preys upon hunters Kim-un-kamuy, the god of mountains and bears Kina-sut-kamuy, the god of snakes Kotan-kar-kamuy, god of creation Kunnecup-kamuy, the god of the moon Mosirkara Kamuy, creator of the earth Nusa-kor-kamuy, messenger to the gods and representative of the dead Pauchi Kamuy, an evil spirit responsible for insanity Repun Kamuy, the killer whale, the god of the sea Shiramba Kamuy, the god of wood, grains, and vegetation Tokapcup-kamuy, goddess of the sun Waka-ush Kamuy, goddess of fresh water Yushkep Kamuy, the spider goddess Sarorun Kamuy, the god of the marshes. The personification of the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), which lives in the wetland habitats of east Hokkaido and southern Sakhalin. Other species of resident and migratory birds are also given the name Kamuy. In names Kamuy can be found in proper names, especially place names in Hokkaido, such as or . is also a male proper name, and Kamui is the short word for the spelling is the same as the word shin'i that means "divine power". Star naming A star located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis (The Northern Crown) is named after it. See HD 145457. See also Kami Koshintō Shinto Notes 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 Strong, Sarah Mehlhop (2011). Ainu spirits singing: the living world of Chiri Yukie's Ainu shinʼyōshū. Chiri, Yukie, 1903-1922., 知里, 幸恵(1903-1922). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. . Batchelor, John (1894). "Items of Ainu Folk-Lore". The Journal of American Folklore. 7 (24): 15. Utagawa, Hiroshi (1992). "The 'Sending-Back' Rite in Ainu Culture". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 19: 255–270 – via JSTOR Phillipi, Donald L. (2015). Songs of gods, songs of