korpokkur
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thumb|Wooden Koro-pok-guru dolls The Korpokkur (; ), also written Koro-pok-kuru, korobokkuru, korbokkur, or koropokkur, koro-pok-guru, are a race of little people in folklore of the Ainu people of the northern Japanese islands.
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It sits within the topics Ainu legendary creatures and Dwarves (folklore).
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- Koroppokuru Beneath a Butterbur by Matsuura Takeshiro (Hakodate City Museum).jpg
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- Koropokkuru
- native label
- コㇿポックㇽ
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thumb|Wooden Koro-pok-guru dolls The Korpokkur (; ), also written Koro-pok-kuru, korobokkuru, korbokkur, or koropokkur, koro-pok-guru, are a race of little people in folklore of the Ainu people of the northern Japanese islands.
The Ainu believe that the korpokkur were the people who lived in the Ainu land before the Ainu themselves lived there. They were short of stature, agile, and skilled at fishing. They lived in pits with roofs made from butterbur leaves. Long ago, the korpokkur were on good terms with the Ainu, and would send them deer, fish, and other game and exchange goods with them. The little people hated to be seen, however, so they would stealthily make their deliveries under the cover of night.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “korpokkur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.