Tokapcup-kamuy

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 Kunnecup-kamuy. Kotan-kar-kamuy was given the task of illuminating the human world, as well raising the culture hero Aynurakkur.[1]

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References
  1. Beauclair, Inez de (1994). Götter und Mythen Ostasiens (in German). Klett-Cotta. p. 204. ISBN 9783129098608.
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