Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "ARSAN DUOLAI" | Yakut / eastern Siberia | Chief spirit of the underworld. terrible dweller of the underground world... |
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.... |
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.... |
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).... |
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.... |
Spirit name "Kini' je" | Yukaghir / eastern Siberia | sky spirit. The being in charge of keeping account of time. Also Ki'njen.... |
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.... |
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.... |
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.... |
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.... |
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.... |
Spirit name "Lo'cin-po'gii" | Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia | Fire spirit. One of the owners, the apotheosis of fire.... |
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.... |
Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Eci'e" | Yukaghir / eastern Siberia | Fire spirit. A benevolent being residing in the sky and known as father fire.... |
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.... |
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.... |
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.... |
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).... |