A prominent ritual carried out by every village that could manage to do so involved the capture of a live bear cub.
Its flesh was eaten to free its spirit to return to the heavens, and when it reached Kim-un Kamuy's home, it would tell of the humans' piety in gratitude for this service.
[1] An important myth of Kim-un Kamuy explains this ritual: One day, the bear god is told by the crow that his wife has gone down from the heavens to the village of humans and has not returned.
He regains consciousness in the branches of a tree, and sees the body of an old bear lying below, and a cub playing nearby.
He observes while the humans worship the dead bear, making offerings of wine, millet dumplings, and inau (sacred rods).