Kamuynomi

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Ainu (Japan)

Meaning

an Ainu masculine name derived from the Ainu words kamuy (divine spirit or god) and nomi (to worship or perform rituals), meaning one who worships the divine spirits; in the Ainu cosmological world every element of the natural environment — bears, owls, salmon, fire, water, wind — is inhabited by a kamuy, a divine spirit that gives the natural world its animate, communicative character; the Ainu relationship with the kamuy is maintained through elaborate ceremonies, most famously the iyomante bear ceremony in which a bear cub raised in the village is ritually returned to the divine realm; to name a son Kamuynomi is to dedicate him to the sacred work of maintaining right relationship with the spirit world through ceremony and respect

Gender

male