Ememqut

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

• Big-Raven
• Miti

Domains

• raven trickster and transformation

Powers

• put on and take off the raven shape

Epithets

• Ememqut

Relations

• sibling: Yiniaaneut

Sources

• Jochelson, W. (1908). The Koryak — 'the eldest, their son Ememqut, is the best known'.
• Jochelson, W. (1905). Koryak Texts nos. 8–9 (Ememqut tales).