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Spirit name "ARSAN DUOLAI" |
Yakut / eastern Siberia |
Chief spirit of the underworld. terrible dweller of the underground world... |
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Goddess name "Aba khatun" |
Baikal / Siberia |
A sea goddess |
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Goddess name "Aba khatun Baikal" |
Siberia |
Goddess of the sea. Siberia |
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Spirit name "Aha" |
Yakut / Siberia |
A river spirit, female type |
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Spirit name "Aha (grandmother)" |
Yakut / central Siberia |
River spirit. The guardian and apotheosis of rivers.... |
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Goddess name "Ajysyt" |
Siberia / Yakut |
Goddess of healing and birth. she writes every new birth into a golden Book. Siberia |
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Spirit name "Ajysyt" |
Yakut / central Siberia |
Maternal spirit. The deity who oversees the lying-in of an expectant mother and who brings the child's soul to the child-bed. The term ajysyt can also apply to a male spirit, thus the ajysyt that oversees the birth of horses is male, while that of horned cattle is female.... |
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Goddess name "Ama" |
Siberia |
Goddess of the dark and of the underworld. Siberia |
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Spirit name "Amagandar" |
Siberia / Tungus |
Protective female spirits who protect innocent souls from the curse that belongs anothers. Siberia |
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Spirit name "Amagandar/ Orokannar" |
Tungus / Siberia |
Protective female spirits |
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Goddess name "Anapel" |
Siberia / Koryak |
Little Grandmother Goddess who presides over birth and reincarnation Koryak |
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Spirit name "Arsan Duolai" |
Yakut / Siberia |
The chief spirit of the underworld |
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Spirit name "Ayi'-Uru'n Toyo'n (lord bright creator)" |
Yakut / central Siberia |
Creator spirit. See also URU'N AJY TOYO'N.... |
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Supreme god name "Buga" |
Siberia / Tungus |
The supreme god and represents the entire universe. Siberia / Tungus |
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"Bugady Musun" |
Siberian |
Revered by many Siberian peoples. Bugady Musun was the patron of wildlife and the guardian of animals. |
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"Chebeldei" |
Siberia |
These are the inhabitants of lower world |
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"Cholmus" |
Siberia |
Creator of animals Siberia |
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Goddess name "Cinei" |
Chukchi / Siberia |
A sea goddess |
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Goddess name "Cinei-new" |
Siberia / Chukchee |
A sea goddess and wife of Peruten, god of the sea. Siberia / Chukchee |
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God name "Doh Yenisi" |
Siberia |
a rather good magician that could fly over the waves, become weary, then create islands to rest on, almost god like |
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Goddess name "Dunne" |
Siberia |
Goddess of the sky, fire and who ruled over the clan territory Siberia / Tungus |
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God name "Ec Yenisei" |
Siberia |
The high god |
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Spirit name "Eme'mqut" |
Siberian Koryak |
Animistic spirit. See QUIKINN.A'QU.... |
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God name "Es" |
Ket / Siberian |
Creator god. Described as an old man with a long black beard, he fashioned the first humans from clay. Those tossed from his right hand became men, and those from his left became women.... |
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God name "Es Ket" |
Siberia |
Creator god who fashioned humans from clay. Siberia |
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"Gicholan" |
Siberia |
The supreme being "The-One-on-High". Siberia |
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"Gicholetinvilan" |
Siberia |
The supreme being "The-Master-on-High". Siberia |
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God name "Havaki" |
Siberia |
The Sun god of the Tungus. Siberia |
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God name "Hinkon" |
Tungus / Siberia |
A hunting god as the controller of all animals |
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God name "Hinkon" |
Tungus / Siberian |
Hunting god. Revered as the lord of all animals and controller of the chase.... |
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God name "Hinkon Tungus" |
Siberia |
God of hunting as the controller of all animals Siberia |
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Goddess name "Hotogov Mailgan" |
Siberia |
Goddess of heaven at night Siberia / Buriat |
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Spirit name "I'lena" |
Koryak / Siberia |
An animistic spirit |
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Spirit name "I'lena (rain woman)" |
Koryak / Siberia |
Animistic spirit. The consort of the creator spirit universe or TENANTO'MWAN.... |
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Spirit name "Icci" |
Siberia |
The spirit of Mother earth. Siberia |
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Spirit name "Icci" |
Siberian |
Animistic spirits. See also URUN AJY TOYON.... |
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Supreme god name "Ilem" |
Siberian |
'One who cannot speak'. The supreme God of the Siberian Ostiaks. |
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Spirit name "Ina'hitelan" |
Koryak / Siberia |
A guardian spirit that supervises the skies |
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Spirit name "Ina'hitelan" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. The father of cloud man YA'HALAN, he is perceived as a supervisor of the skies and reindeer are sacrificed to him.... |
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"Inahitelan" |
Siberia |
The supreme being whose name maens "Supervisor." Siberia |
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Goddess name "Itchita" |
Yakut / Siberia |
This goddess of the earth prevents illness |
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Goddess name "Itchita Yakut" |
Siberia |
Goddess of the earth, prevents illness Siberia |
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Demon name "K'daai" |
Yakut / Siberia |
A fire demon that originated working in wrought iron |
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Demon name "K'daai Yakut" |
Siberia |
A fire demon and the father of smiths and iron workers. Siberia |
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Spirit name "Ka'cak" |
Siberian Inuit / eastern Siberia |
Sea spirit. A fierce old woman who lives in the ocean depths and owns all the creatures of the sea. She is said to feed off the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice.See also ARNAKUA'GSAK.... |
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Goddess name "Kaltes" |
Siberia |
Goddess of birth Siberia / Vogul |
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Goddess name "Kaltesh" |
Ugric / western Siberian |
Fertility goddess. A goddess concerned with childbirth and the future destiny of the infant. Consort of the sky god Nun. Her sacred animals include the hare and the goose and she may be symbolized by a birch tree.... |
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Goddess name "Kaltesh Ugric" |
Siberia |
Goddess concerned with the birth and destiny of the child Siberia(west) |
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Spirit name "Kavra'nna" |
Chukchee / E Siberia |
A Sun spirit, female type |
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Spirit name "Kavra'nna Chukchee" |
East |
Sun spirit, female type Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Kavra'riria (walking around woman)" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
Sun spirit. The consort of the Sun in Chukchee mythology. Also Ko'rgina (rejoicing woman).... |
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Demon name "Ke'lets" |
Chukchee / Siberia |
The demon of death |
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Demon name "Ke'lets Chukchee" |
Siberia |
demon of death Siberia |
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Spirit name "Kere'tkun" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
Sea spirit. The chief being in the ocean depths, known to the maritime Chukchee. His consort is Cinei'nen. He owns all the creatures of the sea and is said to wear a cloak of walrus gut and to be extremely fierce. He feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice. Also Peruten.... |
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God name "Keret'kun" |
Siberia |
God of the sea. Siberia. |
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God name "Keret'kun/ Keretkun" |
Chukchee / Siberia |
A god of the sea |
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God name "Khadau" |
Hindu |
A pair of wooden sandles once worn by the hindu god Ram. Bharat placed them symbolically on Ayodhya's throne. Amur, Siberia |
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"Khosaadam Yenisei" |
Siberia |
Driven out of heaven to become an eater of souls Siberia |
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"Khovaki" |
Siberia |
Creator of the world Siberia |
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"Khovaki/ Savaki" |
Tungus / Siberia |
This entity is guilty of being in the creator of the world |
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Spirit name "Kini' je" |
Yukaghir / eastern Siberia |
sky spirit. The being in charge of keeping account of time. Also Ki'njen.... |
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Spirit name "Kini'je" |
Siberia / East |
sky spirit who is in charge of keeping an accounting of the time. Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Kini'je/ Ki'njen" |
Yukaghir / E Siberia |
This sky spirit that is in charge of keeping an accounting of the time |
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Goddess name "Kou Njami" |
Siberia |
Goddess of Sun. Siberia |
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God name "Ku'urkil" |
Chukchee / Siberia |
Not only god, but a powerful Shannon & the first man |
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Deity name "Ku'urkil" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
The founder of the world. Not only a deity, but a powerful shaman and the first human. He equates with the Koryak deity QUIKINN.A'QU.... |
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God name "Ku'urkil Chukchee" |
Siberia |
Not only god, but a powerful Shannon and the first man Siberia |
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God name "Kudia" |
Siberia |
God of the sky Siberia |
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Spirit name "Kuju" |
Yukaghir / eastern Siberia |
sky spirit. A benevolent being who supplies mankind with food. When fish appear in great numbers in the lakes, they are thought to have fallen from the sky.... |
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Spirit name "Kutkhu" |
Kamchadal / SE Siberia |
A male and guardian spirit |
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Spirit name "Kutkhu" |
Kemchadal / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. The counterpart of the Koryak QUIKINN.A'QU, he fashioned the created world into its present form and is the majordomo of the creator god. His consort is Ilkxum and his sister is Xutlizic. His children include SI'MSKALIN, TI'ZIL-KUTKHU and SI'DIUKU. In mythology he is depicted as a salacious character. Also Kutq; Kutkinnaqu.... |
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Spirit name "Kutkhu Kamchadal" |
East |
Male and guardian spirit Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Kutkinnaku" |
Koryak / Siberia |
This is the spirit that taught mankind to haunt it & catch fish in addition to giving them the fire stick & the shamans drum |
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God name "Lebien-Poghl" |
Yukaghir / Siberia |
Animistic owner god & chief protector of the earth |
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God name "Lebien-Poghl Yukaghir" |
Siberia |
Animistic owner god and chief protector of the earth Siberia |
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Spirit name "Lietna'irgin" |
Chukchee / E Siberia |
The spirit of the dawn |
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Spirit name "Lietna'irgin (genuine dawn)" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
spirit of the dawn. One of four beings concerned with the dawn in different directions.See also TNE'SGAN, MRATNA'IRGIN and NA'- CHITNA'IRGIN.... |
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Spirit name "Lietna'irgin Chukchee" |
East |
spirit of the dawn Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Lo'cin-coro'mo" |
Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia |
Hearth spirit. The guardian of the household who migrates with the family. Also Lo'cil, Yegi'le.... |
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Spirit name "Lo'cin-coro'mo/ Lo'cil/ Yegl'ie" |
Yukaghir / Siberia |
A hearth spirit |
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Spirit name "Lo'cin-po'gii" |
Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia |
Fire spirit. One of the owners, the apotheosis of fire.... |
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"Mamaldi" |
Amur / Siberia |
She is the co-creator of earth but she was killed by her husband for creating Asia, for spite she created souls for at the magicians he built |
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"Mamaldi Amur" |
Siberia |
Co-creator of earth but she was killed by her husband for creating Asia, for spite she created souls for at the magicians he built Siberia |
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"Marginen" |
Siberia |
A personification of the creative principle of the world. The Chukchee, Siberia |
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Supreme god name "Mayin" |
Tungus / Siberia |
A benevolent, remote, supreme God |
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Supreme god name "Mayin" |
Tungus / eastern / central Siberia |
Supreme god. A benevolent but remote deity who breathes life into newborn children and receives the spirits of the dead.... |
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Supreme god name "Mayin Tungus" |
Siberia |
Benevolent, remote, supreme god Siberia |
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Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Eci'e" |
Yukaghir / eastern Siberia |
Fire spirit. A benevolent being residing in the sky and known as father fire.... |
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Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Ecl'e" |
Yukaghir / Siberia |
Known as father fire, a fire spirit |
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Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Ecl'e Yukaghir" |
Siberia |
Known as father fire, a fire spirit Siberia |
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"Milk" |
Gilyaks / Siberia |
These are devils of exactly what I am not sure but you best not irritate them |
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Spirit name "Milk and knin" |
Siberia |
The names of the evil spirits and other bad powers. Gilyaks, Siberia |
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God name "Mir Susne Khum" |
Siberia |
God of the Sun Siberia |
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Spirit name "Miti" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Maternal spirit. The consort of QUIKINNA'QU. According to tradition her father is twilight man, Gi'thililan, who deserted her when she was very young. She is regarded as the mother of the Koryak people, whose immediate sons and daughters are EME'MQUT, NA'NQA-KA'LE, YINE'ANE'UT and Cana'ina'ut.... |
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Spirit name "Mratna'irgin (right-hand dawn)" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
spirit of the dawn. One of four beings responsible for the dawn in different directions. See also TNE'SGAN, LIETNA'IRGIN and NA'CHITNA'IRGIN.... |
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Spirit name "Na'chitna'irgin (genuine dawn)" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
spirit of the dawn. One of four beings responsible for the different directions of the dawn. The brother of WU'SQUUS, spirit of darkness.See also TNE'SGAN, MRATNA'IRGIN and LIETNA'IRGIN.... |
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"Na'ininen" |
Koryak / Siberia |
A benevolent creator being |
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Spirit name "Na'ininen" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Creator being. Known as outer one, or world, he is perceived as a remote but benevolent spirit comparable to the Supreme Being, TA'YAN. Also Na'rninen (Chukchee).... |
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Spirit name "Na'nqa-ka'le" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. He is one of the sons of QUIKINNA'QU and, according to tradition, sits in one place all the time painting his belly. He is, nonetheless, perceived as a strong and heroic figure.... |
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God name "Ne'nenkicex" |
Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia |
Creator god. The name given to the Christian god by the Kamchadals under influence of the Russian Orthodox church.... |
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Deity name "Nenekicex" |
Siberia |
A benevolent supreme deity and creator. The Kamchadal, Siberia |
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Spirit name "Nu'tenut" |
Chukchee / E Siberia |
An earth spirit that is the owner of the world |
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Spirit name "Nu'tenut" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
earth spirit. The owner of the world who sits in a large house built of iron. He is surrounded by the spirits of Sun, moon, sky, sea, dawn, darkness and world who are suitors for his daughter (unnamed).... |
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Spirit name "Nu'tenut Chukchee" |
East |
earth spirit who is the owner of the world Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Nuli'rahak" |
Inuit |
Sea spirit, she lives in the ocean depths, owns all sea creatures, and feeds off the bodies of drowned a fisherman Siberia / Inuit |
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Spirit name "Nuli'rahak (big woman)" |
Siberian Inuit |
Sea spirit. A fearsome old woman who lives in the ocean depths and owns all the sea creatures. She feeds off the bodies of drowned fishermen.See also ARNA'KUAGSAK.... |
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Spirit name "Nuli'rahak/ Arna'kuagsak" |
Inuit / E Siberia |
The Sea spirit, she lives in the ocean depths, owns all sea creatures, & feeds off the bodies of drowned a fisherman |
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God name "Numi Tarem" |
Siberia |
God of the sky Siberia |
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God name "Otshirvani" |
Siberia |
The creator god, and with Chagan-Shukuty, the creators of man. Central Siberia |
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Spirit name "Peju'lpe" |
Yukaghir / Siberia |
Aes guardian spirits look at the well being of animals under their care & benevolent to the hunter so long as he observes the rules and kills only when necessary |
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Deities name "Peju'lpe" |
Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirits. Attendant deities who look after the well-being of animals in their care. They are benevolent toward the hunter so long as he observes certain regulations and kills only when necessary.... |
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Spirit name "Peju'lpe Yukaghir" |
Siberia |
Guardian spirits, who look at the well being of animals under their care and benevolent to the hunter so long as he observes the rules and kills only when necessary Siberia |
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God name "Picvu'cin" |
Siberia |
God of hunters who lives in deep ravines, and stays near the Forest. Chukchee, Siberia |
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God name "Picvu'ciri" |
Chukchee / Eastern Siberia |
God of hunters. A diminutive figure who rides on a sled drawn by mice. He is the guardian of reindeer and other animals and is invoked by sacrifice, usually of camp dogs.... |
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God name "Pon" |
Yukaghir / Siberia |
The Supreme creator god worshiped from prehistoric times until at least 1900 C. E. |
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Goddess name "Poza Mama" |
Siberian |
A goddess of the hearth fire |
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God name "Pu'gu" |
Yukaghir / E Siberia |
the Sun god, he is associated with justice & honorable living & will punish those who are evil or pilot |
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Spirit name "Pu'gu" |
Yukaghir / eastern Siberia |
Sun god. A spirit associated with justice and honorable living who punishes those who are evil or violent.... |
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God name "Pugu" |
Siberia |
Yet another God of the Sun, this one is associated with justice and honourable living, the defender of the oppressed and the punisher of evil deeds. Yukaghir, Siberia |
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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.... |
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Spirit name "Qaitakalnin" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. The brother of Big Raven, QUIKINNA'QU, and of the mother spirit Ha'na (A'na).... |
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"Qeskina'qu" |
Siberia |
Qeskina'qu "Big Light" the son of the creator being Tenanto'mwan. Koryak, Siberia |
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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.... |
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"Quinkini" |
Siberia |
Founder of the world. Koryak, Siberia |
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"Quinkini A'qu" |
Koryak / Siberia |
The founder of the world |
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"Sakhadai" |
Siberia |
The personification of fire who gives life to the newborn Winter Sun. Siberia |
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God name "Sakhadai Noin" |
Siberia |
A god of fire |
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Spirit name "Si'duku" |
Kamchadal / SE Siberia |
the mother spirit |
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Spirit name "Si'duku" |
Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia |
Mother spirit. The daughter of KUTKHU, Si'duku is the consort of her brother TI'ZIL-KUTKHU and the mother of Amle'i. Amle'i married another unnamed daughter of Si'duku and fathered the Kamchadal race.... |
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Spirit name "Si'duku Kamchadal" |
East |
Mother spirit Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Si'mskalin" |
Kamchadal / SE Siberia |
guardian spirit |
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Spirit name "Si'mskalin" |
Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. One of two sons of KUTKHU.... |
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Spirit name "Si'mskalin Kamchadal" |
East |
Guardian spirit Siberia(East) |
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"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.... |
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Spirit name "Tanara" |
Yakut / Siberia |
The apotheosis of the sky, a sky spirit |
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Spirit name "Tanara" |
Yakut / central Siberia |
sky spirit. The apotheosis of the sky.... |
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Spirit name "Tanara Yakut" |
Siberia |
Apotheosis of the sky, a sky spirit Siberia |
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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).... |
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Spirit name "Tanu'la" |
Koryak / SE Siberia |
A guardian spirit of the earth & its plans & animals, female type |
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Spirit name "Tanula" |
Siberia |
Guardian spirit of the earth, plants and animals. Koryak, Siberia |
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Spirit name "Tatqa'hicin" |
Koryak / SW Siberia |
A vegetation spirit spirit |
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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.... |
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Spirit name "Tecei'vune" |
East |
Female spirit of the dawn Siberia(East) |
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Spirit name "Tecei'vune/ Tne'sqan/ Mratna'igrin/ Lietna'igrin/ Na'chitna'igrin" |
Chukchee / SE Siberia |
The female spirit of the dawn |
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Spirit name "Tenanto'mni" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
Creator spirit. 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 the raven-like majordomo KU'URKIL.... |
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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.... |
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Spirit name "Tenato'mni" |
Chukchee / E Siberia |
The creator spirit |
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"Ti'hmar" |
Siberia |
The Source of Originating Consciousness, neither male or female but the Cause of all Polarity, both in Form and beyond Form; perfect Light and Nothingness. Tungus, Siberia |
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Supreme god name "Ti'hmar" |
Kolyma Tungus / Siberia |
Supreme god. The name by which the Christian god was still addressed after local culture was influenced by Russian Orthodoxy.... |
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Spirit name "Ti'hmar Kolyma" |
Tungus / Siberia |
The supreme spirit, it became the name for the Christian god |
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Spirit name "Ti'ykitiy" |
Yakut / southeastern / central Siberia |
Sun spirit. Often identified with the supreme being AYI'URU'N TOYO'N.... |
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Spirit name "Ti'zil-Kutkhu" |
Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. One of the sons of the creator spirit KUTKHU, his consort is SI'DUKU and he is considered to be the progenitor of the Kamchadal tribe.... |
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Spirit name "Tna'nto" |
Koryak / Siberia |
The spirit of dawn, the first light of the dawn deified |
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Spirit name "Tna'nto (dawn coming out)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
spirit of the dawn. The apotheosis of the first light of dawn in the eastern sky.... |
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Spirit name "Tne'sgan (top of the dawn)" |
Chukchee / southeastern Siberia |
spirit of the dawn. One of four beings controlling the dawn in different directions. Sacrifice is made and blood is sprinkled in the appropriate direction.... |
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Spirit name "Tnecei'vune" |
Siberia |
spirit of the dawn, one of four beings who control the dawn of from different directions. Chukchee, Siberia |
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Spirit name "Tnecei'vune (dawn walking woman)" |
Chukchee / southeastern Siberia |
spirit of the dawn. The female consort of the dawn.See also TNE'SGAN, MRATNA'IRGIN, LIETNA'IRGIN and NA'CHITNA'IRGIN.... |
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Spirit name "Toko'yoto" |
Koryak / Siberia |
A guardian spirit who is one of the owners of the world, the Pacific Ocean to be specific |
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Spirit name "Toko'yoto (crab)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. In Koryak tradition, one of the owners of the world, the master and creator of the Pacific Ocean. His name is that of a large sea crab. In some legends he is the father of MITI, the mother of the Koryak people.... |
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"Tomwo'get" |
Koryak / SE Siberia |
He is an archetypical creator being |
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"Tomwo'get (self-created)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Archetypal creator being. The consort of Ha'na and father of Supreme Being, TENANTO'MWAN, and of Big Raven, QIUIKINNA'QIU.... |
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Goddess name "Tsi" |
Siberia |
Goddess of justice Siberia |
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Spirit name "URU'N AJY TOYO'N (white creator lord)" |
ORIGIN Yakut / central Siberia |
Creator spirit. A creator being said to live in the zenith of the upper world, and also in the northeast, superintending the ICCI (masters or owners). He may also personify the Sun. He tends to act for good and horses were sacrificed to him. Generally addressed by a beneficent or white shaman (ajy ayuna).See also ULU'TUYAR ULU TOYO'N.... |
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Spirit name "Ulu'tuyar Ulu Toyo'n" |
Yakut / Cen Siberia |
A rather evil creator spirit |
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Spirit name "Ulutuyer Ulu Toyon" |
Siberia |
Ulu-Toyon. The chief of the 'dark' spirits is Ulutuyer-Ulu-Toyon, 'Onmipotent Lord'. He is always described as living in the western sky, and, in contrast to the inactive Art-Toyon-Aga, he is the personification of action and of the passions. Ulu-Toyon is not always harmful to men, for he gives to them one of his souls, sur, and defends them from the attacks of abassylar. The Yakut, Siberia |
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"Uru'n Ajy Toyo'n/ Ayi' Uru'n Toyoy'n" |
Yakut / Siberia |
A creator being that lived in the north east |
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Spirit name "Uslo" |
Siberia |
spirit of the mountains, one of the guardians of the natural world Yakut, Siberia |
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Spirit name "Uslo" |
Yakut / central Siberia |
spirit of mountains. One of the guardians of the natural world answering to the mountain owner XAYA ICCITA.... |
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"Va'irgin" |
Chukchee / E Siberia |
The supreme being whose name means "I exist" |
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Deity name "Va'irgin (I exist)" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
Supreme being. A remote and poorly defined character who lives in the zenith of the sky and who created the world. Comparable with the Koryak deity TENANTO'MWAN.... |
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Spirit name "Ve'ai" |
Koryak / S Siberia |
The feminine vegetation spirit & personification of the grasslands |
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Spirit name "Ve'ai (grass woman)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
vegetation spirit. The personification of the grasslands and their guardian deity. She is perceived as a shaman / ca and is the consort of EME'MQUT.... |
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Spirit name "Velaute'mtilan" |
Koryak / SE Siberia |
He is a vegetation spirit |
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Spirit name "Velaute'mtilan (sedge man)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
vegetation spirit. The personification of the sedges and therefore guardian of the boggy tundras and their animals.... |
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Spirit name "Wu'squus" |
Chukchee / eastern Siberia |
spirit of darkness. The personification of the night and the sibling of NA'CHITNA'IRGIN, the spirit of the left-hand dawn.... |
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Spirit name "Xaya Iccita" |
Yakut / central Siberia |
mountain spirit. The owner or master of the mountains.... |
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Spirit name "Ya'china'ut (moon woman)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
moon spirit. The personification of the moon.... |
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Spirit name "Ya'halan (cloud man)" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. The son of the supreme being TENANTO'MWAN, his consort is YINE'ANE'UT. In alternative tradi tion he is the son of the supervisor being, INA'HITELAN. He is a protector of young couples, and youths beat a sacred drum invoking the spirit to turn the heart of a girl.... |
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Spirit name "Ya'halna'ut" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. Yajna (sacrifice)... |
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God name "Ya'qhicnin" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Creator god. The name given to the Christian god by the Koryaks to distinguish him from their own supreme being, TENANTO'MWAN.... |
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"Yaqhucnin" |
Siberia |
The supreme being and creator. Siberia |
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God name "Yayutsi" |
Siberia |
After ascending through several heavens in visionary consciousness, the shaman converses with the creator god Yayutsi and also bows before the moon and Sun in turn. Finally, at the celestial abode of bai Ulgan, the shaman learns details of future weather patterns and the outcome of the harvest. The shaman then collapses in a state of ecstatic release. The Altai, Siberia |
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God name "Yeloje" |
Yukaghir / Siberia |
Sun god. A benevolent deity who personifies justice and morality. The Rainbow is said to be his tongue. Also PU'GU; Ye'rpeyen.... |
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Spirit name "Yina'mna'ut (fog woman)" |
Yakut / southeastern Siberia |
spirit of mists and fogs. Her consort is fog man YINA'MTIAN and she is believed to live in a mythical settlement with other spirits.... |
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Spirit name "Yina'mtian (fog man)" |
Yakut / southeastern Siberia |
spirit of mists and fogs. His consort is fog woman YINA'MNA'UT and he is believed to live in a mythical settlement with other spirits.... |
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Demon name "Yine'ane'ut" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia |
Guardian spirit. One of the daughters of Big Raven, QUIKINN.A'QU, regarded as a shamanka engaged in a constant struggle with the underworld demons, the kalau. Her sister is Cana'ina'ut and she is the consort of the earth spirit TANUTA.... |
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Spirit name "Yobin-Pogil" |
Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia |
Forest spirit. The apotheosis of the woodlands and their guardian deity.... |
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Spirit name "Ytsigy" |
Siberia |
The highest benevolent deity of the Gilyak is known as Ytsigy and they call the universe Kurn, and apply the same name to their highest anthropomorphic deity. The 'owner' spirit of the mountain, and the mountain itself, is named Pal, and the sea and its 'owner' they call Tol. Gilyak. Siberia |
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Goddess name "Zonget" |
Siberia |
A Mansi nature goddess. Siberia |
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Goddess name "Zonget Khanty" |
Siberia |
The goddess of hunting |
