Sky Father
Khanty · deity · primordial · deity
Spirit-class sky-god (classed as deity). Native compound: num/numi 'upper, high' + torum/torem 'sky, god'. Authored under the Khanty label (Num Turem Aśi, 'Upper Sky Father'); the Mansi form Numi-Torum is given as a transliteration and the Mansi figures (Mir-susne-khum, Kaltes-Ekwa) are authored separately under the Mansi label per the tradition split.
Children
Domains
- sky
- weather
- world order
Powers
- rules from the highest of the seven heavens
- begets the seven sons and the daughter who order the world
- sends a diver to raise the earth from the primal water
- sends the diving bird to raise the earth from the primal water
Epithets
- Num-Torum
- Num Turem Aśi
Relations
- spouse: Kaltes
- equated with: Upper Sky Father
- equated with: Sky (Num)
- equated with: Sky (Nom)
- sibling: Lord of the Underworld
- enemy: Lord of the Underworld