Lord of the Underworld
Khanty · deity · primordial · deity
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
Relations
- lover: Kaltes
- equated with: Lord of the Lower World
- sibling: Sky Father
- enemy: Sky Father