Animal worship (or zoolatry) is rituals involving animals, such as the glorification of animal deities or animal sacrifice.When a god is respected or worshipped by means of a representative animal, an animal cult is formed (Teeter et al., 2002, p. 355).Animal cults may be classified according to their outward form or according to their inward meaning, which may of course undergo ...

The most important include Kamuy-huci, goddess of the hearth, Kim-un-kamuy, god of bears and mountains, and Repun Kamuy, god of the sea, fishing, and marine animals. Kotan-kar-kamuy is regarded as the creator of the world in the Ainu religion. The Ainu have no priests by profession; instead the village chief performs whatever religious ...