Tokapcup-kamuy (
Ainu: , day-illuminating god) is the
solar god
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dess 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 or for short is an Ainu ''kamuy'' (''god'') and culture hero. In Ainu mythology, he is credited with teaching humans domestic skills, and for this reason he is called Ainurakkur (アイヌラックㇽ, ''father of the Ainu'' or ''father of humani ...
.
See also
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List of solar deities
A solar deity is a deity who represents the Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this ene ...
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Amaterasu, her Japanese counterpart
References
Ainu kamuy
Solar goddesses
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