Kotan Utunnai

Kotan Utunnai is an Ainu epic.[1] It is a story of unknown authorship that deals with the hardships of war and desolation.[2] The epic tells about the life of Poiyaunpe, a hero who grows up in Japan but discovers his Ainu ancestry and returns to his native people.[3]

Characters
  • Nameless narrator
  • Sister of the narrator
  • Dangling Nose
  • The Repunkur

References
  1. "Kotan Utunnai". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. https://genius.com/Donna-rosenberg-kotan-utunnai-annotated
  3. Roberts, Jeremy (2009). Japanese Mythology A to Z. Infobase Publishing. pp. 94–95. ISBN 9781438128023.


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