Ememqut
Koryak · deity · mythic / first times · Recorded classification
Son of the raven-creator; classed 'demigod' as offspring of a creator-deity in the first-family cycle. The identical name (Ememkut) recurs as a son of Kutkh in Itelmen tradition, showing the shared Kamchatkan Raven mythology.
Parentage
Domains
- raven trickster and transformation
Powers
- put on and take off the raven shape
Epithets
- Ememqut eldest son of Big-RavenW. Jochelson, The Koryak (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: YiniaaneutSon and daughter of Big-Raven and Miti, the brother-sister pair of the first family in Jochelson's tale corpus.W. Jochelson, The Koryak (Jesup North Pacific Expedition VI, 1908) (primary)
Sources
- Ememqut is the eldest and best-known son of Big-Raven and Miti, central to many Koryak tales.: Jochelson, W. (1908). The Koryak — 'the eldest, their son Ememqut, is the best known'. (ethnography); Jochelson, W. (1905). Koryak Texts nos. 8–9 (Ememqut tales). (ethnography)