Raven the Transformer
Chukchi · demigod · primordial · demigod
Culture-hero / transformer tier (classed as demigod). The Raven creator-trickster (Chukchi Kurkil; Koryak Quikinnaqu/Kutkinnaku; Itelmen/Kamchadal Kutkh) is the central Beringian demiurge. Frequently identified with or acting for the Creator Tenanto'mwan.
Domains
- creation transformer
- trickery
- light and daylight
Powers
- releases the daylight into the world
- forms the land, the first people and the animals
- disrupts and rearranges the world through trickery
- Bring fire, water and the useful arts to mankind
Epithets
- Kurkil
Relations
- companion: Creator
Sources
- Waldemar Bogoras, Chukchee Mythology, Jesup North Pacific Expedition VIII, 1910–1913
- Waldemar Jochelson, The Koryak, Jesup North Pacific Expedition VI, on the parallel Big-Raven (Quikinnaqu) cycle