Sky-God
Ket · deity · mythic / cosmic · Recorded classification
The Ket high-god; classed 'deity'. Yeniseian Eś (= Ket eś 'sky'); recorded by Anuchin (sent by the Imperial Academy of Sciences) and analysed by Alekseenko and Vajda. English 'Sky-God' leads, native Eś in term.
Domains
- sky and celestial phenomena
- thunder and lightning
Powers
- hurl the unfaithful Hosedem from the sky
- Cast the faithless Hosedem from heaven
- Sender of thunder and the celestial order
Epithets
- Es The supreme sky-god and creator of the KetV. I. Anuchin, on Yeniseian (Ket) shamanism (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Mistress of the North (Hosedem)Hosedem was once the wife of the sky-god Es, cast down from heaven to the cold north — the estranged celestial pair of Ket cosmology.V. I. Anuchin, Ocherk shamanstva u eniseyskikh ostyakov (1914) (secondary)
Sources
- Eś (Ket for 'sky' and 'god') is the supreme sky-deity of the Ket, the personification of the sky and of thunder, lightning, clouds and the aurora.: Vajda, E.J. (2011). Siberian Landscapes in Ket Traditional Culture. Univ. of Alaska / ANLC. (secondary); Anuchin, V.I. (1914). Essay on the Shamanism of the Yenisei Ostiaks (Очерк шаманства у енисейских остяков). (ethnography)
- In one tradition Hosedem was Es's wife who was unfaithful (going to the Moon) and was thrown down to earth, becoming the malevolent mistress of the cold north.: Ket mythology summary (en.wikipedia), after Anuchin & Alekseenko. (tertiary)