Gods of the Ainu
The Book of the War referenced an entry about the Gods of the Ainu as part of its explanation of the Enemy; however, there was no such entry in the book, suggesting that it had been unwritten by Enemy action. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
Philemon Smallcoate found similarities between the Gods of the Ainu and the Thaumoctopus memeticus. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology)
According to some sources, the enemy who threatened the Great Houses were sometimes referred to or thought of as "the Gods". (PROSE: Dead Romance, The Book of the War)
Behind the scenes
In the real world, the Ainu people are an indigenous people from the Japanese isles. Their religion is an animist one, marked by the belief that "everything in nature has a kamuy (spirit or god) on the inside". Major deities include Kamuy-huci, Goddess of the Hearth, Kim-un-kamuy, God of Bears and Mountains, and Repun Kamuy, God of the Sea, of Fishing, and of Marine Animals. There is also a creator deity, Kotan-kar-kamuy.
