Mother of Heat (Tomam)
Ket · deity · mythic / cosmic · Recorded classification
The warm-south bird-mother; classed 'deity'. Polar opposite of cold-north Hosedem in Ket cosmic geography. English 'Mother of Heat' leads, native Tomam in term.
Domains
- warmth sun and the south
- migratory birds and their origin
Powers
- shake down feathers that become geese and ducks
Relations
- rival: Mistress of the North (Hosedem)The warm-south bird-mother of migrating fowl stands as the polar opposite of cold-north Hosedem in Ket cosmic geography.E. A. Alekseenko (ed.), Mify, predaniya, skazki ketov (2001) (secondary)
Sources
- Tomam ('mother of heat') is the benevolent Ket goddess of the warm south and the sun; she dwells on mountains south of Ket country and each spring releases the migratory geese and ducks as down shaken from her feathered cape.: Vajda, E.J. (2011). Siberian Landscapes in Ket Traditional Culture. ANLC. (secondary); Alekseenko, E.A. (1976). Ket cosmology materials; cf. Ivanov & Toporov on Yeniseian myth. (ethnography)