Ot Ine
Khakas · numen · Khakas traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ot Ine, the 'fire-mother', is the personified spirit of the domestic hearth among the Khakas, envisioned as a woman who dwells in the flame and mistress of the household's fortune. She receives the first morsels of food and splashes of drink at every meal, protects the family from evil, and brings warmth, wealth and happiness; the Khakas blessing 'let white ash be your bed, let red coal be your pillow' invokes her care. Tradition names her the sister of Umay, joining the goddess of the newborn to the fire at the centre of the home.
Domains
- fire hearth
- household welfare
Powers
- keeps and protects the household fire
- brings warmth, wealth and well-being
Epithets
- От іне — Fire-MotherScience-SD, 'Cult of the Fire in Turkish Languages' (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: YmaiSister of the birth-goddess Umay in Khakas belief.Science-SD, 'Cult of the Fire in Turkish Languages': the mother goddess Umay is fire's sister (secondary)
Sources
- Ot Ine, the 'fire-mother', is the female spirit-mistress of the household fire among the Khakas, protector of the family and sister of the goddess Umay.: Science-SD, 'Cult of the Fire in Turkish Languages', International Journal of Applied and Fundamental Research (secondary); V. Ya. Butanaev, Traditsionnaia kul'tura i byt khakasov (Abakan, 1996) (secondary)