Nail-Star

Chukchi · deity · primordial · deity

Spirit-class celestial Being (classed as deity), one of the vaʼirgьt (sacred Beings). Bogoras glosses the Pole-Star as the 'Nail-Star' / 'motionless star'; the romanized native term Unpener ('the driven-in one', i.e. nail) follows Chukchi star-names recorded by Bogoras. The four/five directions and Dawn, Mid-day and Zenith are likewise treated as Beings.

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