Akkorokamui
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- Part of
- Ainu mythology and religion
- Residence
- Uchiura Bay
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- indigenous to
- Ainu people
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Legend
- Spider origin
- Clothing origin
- Rātoshikamui
- Similar creatures
- In Shinto
- In popular culture
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
is a gigantic octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore, similar to the Nordic kraken, which supposedly lurks in Uchiura Bay in Hokkaido.
It is said that its enormous body can reach sizes of up to or roughly or more across.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akkorokamui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.