Alba

Culture-hero / monster-slayer tier; classed 'demigod'. The chief Ket hero, defined by his cosmic pursuit of the death-goddess Hosedem; note that a separate Ket tradition makes the Milky Way the trail of the first shaman Doh — both star-path traditions are recorded.

Domains

• heroic pursuit and monster slaying

Powers

• hunt down Hosedem and burn her in the Arctic
• Drove Hosedem northward and burned her in the Arctic
• Cut the channel of the Yenisei

Relations

• enemy: Mistress of the North (Hosedem)

Sources

• Vajda, E.J. (2011). Siberian Landscapes in Ket Traditional Culture. ANLC — the Alba/Hosedam pursuit and the Milky Way.
• Alekseenko, E.A.; Anuchin, V.I. (1914) — Yenisei-Ostiak hero traditions.