interestingly enough, "Kamuy" means "god (in the polytheistic sense)" in Ainu, and was borrowed into Japanese, turning into "Kami"
Their use of fish may have developed from the jomon people (of whom the ainu separated from some 6000 years ago)
interestingly enough, "Kamuy" means "god (in the polytheistic sense)" in Ainu, and was borrowed into Japanese, turning into "Kami"