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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Horkeu Kamui (also Horkew Kamui) is based on the now extinct [[Wikipedia:Hokkaido_wolf|Hokkaido Wolf]], which the people revered as a high-ranking god due to the animal's similar hunting habits. | * Horkeu Kamui (also Horkew Kamui) is based on the now extinct [[Wikipedia:Hokkaido_wolf|Hokkaido Wolf]], which the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people Ainu] people revered as a high-ranking god due to the animal's similar hunting habits. | ||
** His name means "Howling God". | ** His name means "Howling God". | ||
** One of the more famous stories involving a wolf deity in Ainu mythology, involves the wolf coupling with a goddess and the children of this coupling were the ancestors of the Ainu people. | ** One of the more famous stories involving a wolf deity in Ainu mythology, involves the wolf coupling with a goddess and the children of this coupling were the ancestors of the Ainu people. | ||