Yoma the Forest Witch

Komi · deity · primordial · deity

Komi-Zyrian (and Permyak) folktale witch, an individuated mythic figure (the named Yoma, not a class of witches), rendered here as deity per schema. English 'Yoma the Forest Witch' leads; native Ёма (Joma) in term. SOLITARY: a solitary hag with no individuated kin, spouse or parentage in the tale corpus (Rédei 1978; Komi mythology surveys).

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