Spirit-class underworld lord (classed as deity). kul/khul = evil spirit/devil; otyr = lord/hero. Authored under the Khanty label with the Mansi form Kul-Otyr as transliteration; counterpart of the sky-father Num-Torum in the upper/lower-world dualism.
Domains
underworld
disease and death
earth diver creation
Powers
dives to bring up the first earth from beneath the water
spreads disease and misfortune from the lower world
takes the form of the diving bird that brings up the first silt
rules the disease-spirits (kulis) of the lower world