Cikap-kamuy (チカプカムイ), depicted as a great owl, is the Ainu god (カムィ'kamuy') of owls and the land, overseer of human and kamuy behavior, and deity of material success. It is said his tears are silver & gold.
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Cikap-kamuy was considered a god of plenty who, importantly, made sure that rituals were being followed properly.
His central myth also established (for the Ainu) the mountain jay and crow as birds of ill omen, and the dipper as a symbol of good fortune.
When a famine struck the land Cikap-kamuy determined to ask in heaven the cause of the calamity. He first employed a crow to act as messenger, but his instructions took so long the bird fell asleep on the 3rd day. In anger the god killed the crow.
Next he asked a mountain jay...
On the 4th day of instructions the jay fell asleep and was killed.
Finally Cikap-kamuy asked a dipper to be his messenger and the bird finally fulfilled the mission!
Humans had angered the god of fish with poor offerings, and so Cikap-kamuy corrected them and the famine ended.
お弁当-Kyōto has a very special owl omikuji that is only available a few days before the Gion Matsuri's July 17th parade.
The Hōka-boko's (放下鉾) 'fukurō-omikuji' was inspired by 'Baghdad' (バグダッド), the float's famous tapestry (donated by Minakawa Taizō 皆川泰蔵 in 1982).
