Repun Kamuy is an important mythological figure amongst the Ainu People because the sea, and in particular the deepest parts of the sea, represented opportunities for harvests that could not be found on land.
The Ainu Whale | A Story of Sound

Repun Kamuy is an important mythological figure amongst the Ainu People because the sea, and in particular the deepest parts of the sea, represented opportunities for harvests that could not be found on land.
Through the stories I heard, I learned that to Indigenous people, the land was a family member; and when they were apart or torn away from it, there was a palpable sense of loss.
The politics of ‘home’ has to be the oldest and most primal of all our instincts.
In the Shinto religion, the water god is believed to be the guardian of fishermen and the patron saint of fertility, motherhood and painless childbirth.
At the heart of this story, there was a man who was a father. And he was father who cared for his children.
I want to fly away. I really do.
An inextricable link exists between history and mythology. Through our myths, we tell the world what we care about and why it is important to us.
Long before any era of history officially began, they had organised their societies based on irrigation--sharing the benefits and problems of those who found their destinies entwined with the monsoon.
If you believe or have faith in spiritual or cosmic law, you know that if it's dying, it is only the 'form' that has died, but the cosmic substance is still in the Oneness.
Low maximum wholesale prices and increased consumption in the domestic market have led to losses and deteriorating financial and economic conditions for the owners and producers of LPG.