Post by snowdragon on Aug 3, 2007 12:09:47 GMT -5
Pantheon of Gods
ARCTIC REGIONS
INUIT
A'akuluujjusi: great creator mother
Adlivun: home of Sedna where the dead are purified
Akycha/Malina: the sun
Anguta: supreme being who takes the dead to Adlivun
Idliragijenget: god of the sea
Igaluk/Aningan: god of the moon, brother of the sun who he chases across the sky
Irdlirvirisissong: demon cousin of the moon
Nanook: god of the bears
Pinga: goddess of game, the hunt, medicine and people
Sedna: greatly feared goddess of the sea and sea creatures
Sila: divine ruler; universal energy
Tekkeitserktock: earth god and master of hunting
SIBERIAN
Ai Tojon (Siberia/Yakut): eagle-headed creator deity
Ajysyt (Siberia/Yakut): mother goddess who gives children souls
Anky-Kele (Siberia/Chukchi): sea god who governs human lives
Buga (Siberia/Tungu): supreme god; creator of the world and the first two humans
Ec (Siberia/Yenisei): supreme god; husband of Khosadam
Erlik (Siberia/Altaic): king of the dead; enemy of Ulgen
Khadau (Siberia/Amur): creator god who makes the souls of shamans
Khosodam (Siberia/Yenisei): wife of Ec forced from the sky for having an affair with the moon
Kutkinnaku (Siberia/Koryak): beneficent raven god
Maidere (Siberia/Altaic): saviour sent to protect people from Erlik
Main (Siberia/Evenk): hero who rescues the sun from the great elk
Mamaldi (Siberia/Amur): wife of Khadau
Picvucin (Siberia/Chukchi): god of hunting and wild animals
Pon (Siberia/Yakagir): supreme sky god
Sacred Fireboard: regarded as a protective deity
Tengri (Siberia/Buriat): spirit beings and also realms which form the cosmic tree
Ulgen (Siberia/Altaic): supreme sky god who sent Maidere to earth
ARCTIC REGIONS
INUIT
A'akuluujjusi: great creator mother
Adlivun: home of Sedna where the dead are purified
Akycha/Malina: the sun
Anguta: supreme being who takes the dead to Adlivun
Idliragijenget: god of the sea
Igaluk/Aningan: god of the moon, brother of the sun who he chases across the sky
Irdlirvirisissong: demon cousin of the moon
Nanook: god of the bears
Pinga: goddess of game, the hunt, medicine and people
Sedna: greatly feared goddess of the sea and sea creatures
Sila: divine ruler; universal energy
Tekkeitserktock: earth god and master of hunting
SIBERIAN
Ai Tojon (Siberia/Yakut): eagle-headed creator deity
Ajysyt (Siberia/Yakut): mother goddess who gives children souls
Anky-Kele (Siberia/Chukchi): sea god who governs human lives
Buga (Siberia/Tungu): supreme god; creator of the world and the first two humans
Ec (Siberia/Yenisei): supreme god; husband of Khosadam
Erlik (Siberia/Altaic): king of the dead; enemy of Ulgen
Khadau (Siberia/Amur): creator god who makes the souls of shamans
Khosodam (Siberia/Yenisei): wife of Ec forced from the sky for having an affair with the moon
Kutkinnaku (Siberia/Koryak): beneficent raven god
Maidere (Siberia/Altaic): saviour sent to protect people from Erlik
Main (Siberia/Evenk): hero who rescues the sun from the great elk
Mamaldi (Siberia/Amur): wife of Khadau
Picvucin (Siberia/Chukchi): god of hunting and wild animals
Pon (Siberia/Yakagir): supreme sky god
Sacred Fireboard: regarded as a protective deity
Tengri (Siberia/Buriat): spirit beings and also realms which form the cosmic tree
Ulgen (Siberia/Altaic): supreme sky god who sent Maidere to earth