Gods of the Ainu

The gods of the Ainu were worshipped by the indigenous Ainu people of Japan.

A powerful force of the War in Heaven was hosted by the Ainu in Hokkaido during the Tokugawa shogunate. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

Philemon Smallcoate found similarities between the Gods of the Ainu and the Thaumoctopus memeticus. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology)

During the filming of Mujun: The Ghost Kingdom, the duel between Michael Brookhaven and Chris Cwej was interrupted by the appearance of the ainu God. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

According to some sources, the enemy who threatened the Great Houses was sometimes referred to or thought of as "the Gods". (PROSE: Dead Romance, The Book of the War)

The Book of the War's explanation of the Enemy referenced an entry about the Ainu gods; however, like with s'tanim, there was no such entry in the book, suggesting that it had been unwritten. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

Behind the scenes
In the real world, the religion of the Ainu people is an animist one, marked by the belief that "everything in nature has a kamuy (spirit or god) on the inside". Major deities include, Goddess of the Hearth, , God of Bears and Mountains, and , God of the Sea, of Fishing, and of Marine Animals. There is also a creator deity,.