Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "QUIKINN.A'QU (big raven)" | Koryak / Kamchatka peninsula, southeastern Siberia | A spirit of a primitive culture still heavily influenced by animism. Founder of the world.... |
Spirit name "Qaitakalnin" | Koryak | Guardian spirit of the North. Koryak |
Spirit name "Qaitakalnin" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. The brother of Big Raven, QUIKINNA'QU, and of the mother spirit Ha'na (A'na).... |
"Qeskina'qu" | Siberia | Qeskina'qu "Big Light" the son of the creator being Tenanto'mwan. Koryak, Siberia |
Spirit name "Qeskina'qu (big light)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | sky spirit. One of the sons of QUIKINNA'QU, he is the apotheosis of daylight, a precious commodity during the long Winter months.... |
"Quinkini" | Siberia | Founder of the world. Koryak, Siberia |
"Quinkini A'qu" | Koryak / Siberia | The founder of the world |
"Ta'yan" | Koryak | Supreme Being who does not meddle in human affairs Koryak |
"Ta'yan" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Supreme being. An indefinite character living somewhere in the zenith and generally out of touch with ordinary mortals. His consort is Supervisor Woman, Lapna'ut and his son is Cloud Man, YA'HALAN. He conducts business with the physical earth through his majordomo Big Raven, QUIKINNA'QU.See also TENANTO'MWAN.... |
Spirit name "Tanu'ka" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | earth spirit. A guardian of the earth and its plants and animals, Tanu'ta is the consort of YINE'ANE'UT (in other legends she is married to the son of the supreme being TA'YAN).... |
Spirit name "Tanu'la" | Koryak / SE Siberia | A guardian spirit of the earth & its plans & animals, female type |
Spirit name "Tanula" | Siberia | Guardian spirit of the earth, plants and animals. Koryak, Siberia |
"Tanuta" | Koryak | earth-Maker, the husband of Yineaneut, Big-Raven's daughter. Koryak |
Spirit name "Tatqa'hicin" | Koryak / SW Siberia | A vegetation spirit spirit |
Spirit name "Tatqa'hicnin (root man)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | vegetation spirit. A vaguely defined being who is chthonic and lives under the ground, presumably controlling edible roots and their availability.... |
Spirit name "Tenanto'mwan" | Koryak | Creator spirit. Koryak |
Spirit name "Tenanto'mwan" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Creator spirit. Identified particularly with the reindeer-hunting Koryak on the Taigonos peninsula. An indefinite and remote character living somewhere in the zenith of the sky. He created the world which was then transformed into its present state by QUIKINNA'QU. Tenanto'mwan is the name always used when addressing the creator in incantations.See also YA'QHICNIN.... |
God name "Tenantomwan" | Koryak | Big-Raven Creator god. Koryak |