Universe

The remote Koryak high-god, distinct from the active creator-trickster Big-Raven. Names recorded as Naininen ('Universe / Outer-world') and synonyms; rarely the subject of narrative. Included to keep the divine hierarchy distinct from the raven-creator.

Children

• Cloud-Man

Domains

• sky and cosmic order
• rain and weather

Powers

• send down rain and weather
• send Big-Raven to order human affairs

Sources

• Jochelson, W. (1908). The Koryak — the Supreme Being.
• Czaplicka, M.A. (1914). Aboriginal Siberia, ch. XIII (summarising Jochelson).