@ameriFinn
The Kalevala is pretty removed from the actual mythology behind it. Lönnrot blatantly turned the gods into human heroes and tweaked the details to make it all add up into one big plot. I've found the surviving originals better
Does anyone know a good resource(s) that can explain all the kami in an easy to understand manner? I don't feel like pouring over pages of questionable or incomplete Wikipedia articles. A real scholastic website or book with educational authority would be nice. ^.^
@Mojo I'm certain within reason one cannot hope to find a compilation of ALL the kami, given their very nature means there will be hundreds if one village unheard of in the next. but it shouldn't be too hard to google something along the lines of "kami" or "Japanese pantheon" and find a fairly comprehensive list of the most widespread deities of the Japanese religion-such as it is.