Abkhaz ⟨Дыдрыҧшь⟩ Dədrəpšʲ; shrine-form Dydrypsh-nykha (a-nəxa 'sanctuary'). Personified as an apaimbar of Antswa rather than an independent high god, hence classed deity (a divine intermediary) with a subordinate-to relation to abkhaz_antswa. The first of the Seven Sanctuaries (Abzhnyha): Dydrypsh, Lashkendar, Ldzaa, Lykhny, Elyr (Ilor), Inal-Kuba and Bytkha.
Domains
sacred mountain and shrine
oracle and divine judgement
oath and justice
Powers
hears oaths at the mountain shrine and discerns the truth of the swearer
strikes down the perjurer and the wrongdoer who swears falsely before him
stands as the earthly prophet and messenger of the supreme god Antswa
Chirikba, V. A. Between Christianity and Islam: Heathen Heritage in the Caucasus. Brill, Leiden, 2015 (Dydrypsh-nykha, name containing a-dəd 'thunder', chief shrine of Abkhazia).
Zelnitskaya, R. 'The Sanctuary of Dydrypsh-nykha Yesterday and Today.' Kunstkamera (Kunstkamera journal), no. 1(19), 2023 (Dydrypsh as apaimbar of Antswa; oracle, oath and sacrifice).
Hewitt, George (ed.). The Abkhazians: A Handbook. Curzon Press, 1999 (the sacred groves/mountains, the seven shrines and oath-cult of Abkhaz traditional religion).
Chirikba, V. A. Between Christianity and Islam, 2015 (etymology of Dədrəpšʲ-nəxa, a-dəd 'thunder').