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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

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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Spectacular owl origami.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

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.

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Photo of a dipper (bird) bathing in a stream.

Woodblock print of a jay.

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Woodblock print of an owl and jay.

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Woodblock print of a crow.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

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...

Woodblock print of a crow entangled with a sheathed sword.

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Woodblock print of crows in flight.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

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.

Close up of an owl looking at the camera with orange eyes and suddenly appearing sinister.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

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).

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Owl omikuji, available from the Hoka-boka float of the Gion Matsuri for a few days before the parade.

The Hoka-boko float of the Gion Matsuri.

The Hoka-boko's owl omikuji was inspired by 'Baghdad' (バグダッド), the float's famous tapestry (which features owls in flight with a mosque in the background).

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