Father Sky
Buryat · deity · primordial · deity
Spirit-class sky-god (classed as deity). Native attested form Esege Malaan ('Bald/Wide Father'); the gloss 'bald, broad' is sometimes attached to malaan. Distinct from the steppe-Mongol Tengri pantheon already in the registry: this is the Mongolic Buryat shamanic sky-father.
Parentage
Domains
- sky
- creation
- fate decree
Powers
- settles the fate of mortals from the sky
- shapes earth, sun and stars into being
Epithets
- Esege Malan
- Esege Malaan
Sources
- Uno Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric and Siberian Mythology, 1927
- cyberleninka.ru, 'Buryat Hesariad: Tengrist mythology and the epic interpretation'
- cyberleninka.ru, Buryat Hesariad article, descending genealogy of western tengri