Creator and Grandfather
Evenki · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Spirit-class creator god (classed as deity). 'Amaka' ('grandfather') is also the respectful address for the bear; here it denotes the creator. The seve- root underlies sevek/seven, the Evenki word for spirit-helpers and idols, marking Seveki as the source of benevolent spirit-power.
Domains
- creation
- upper world rule
- protection of people and herds
Powers
- fashions humans, animals and the living world
- keeps the upper world in working order
Epithets
- Seveki The benevolent creator and master of the upper world and of the animals (Amaka)A. F. Anisimov, on Evenki religion (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Lord of the Lower WorldCreator and his brother, lord of the lower world, in the Evenki dualistic cosmogony.G.M. Vasilevich, Evenki: Istoriko-etnograficheskie ocherki (1969) (secondary)
- enemy: Lord of the Lower WorldKhargi spoils Seveki's creations and rules the hostile lower world.G.M. Vasilevich, Evenki: Istoriko-etnograficheskie ocherki (1969) (secondary)
Sources
- Seveki (also Amaka, 'grandfather') is the Evenki creator of living things and ruler of the upper world Ugu Buga, complementary to the lower-world lord Khargi.: G. M. Vasilevich, Evenki: Historical-Ethnographic Essays, 1969 (secondary); A. F. Anisimov, Cosmological Concepts of the Peoples of the North, 1959 (secondary)