Old Man of the Ob
Mansi · deity · mythic age · deity
River-lord son of Numi-Torum (classed as deity). Mansi As-iki / Ās-ōjka, 'old man of the Ob' (As/Ās = the Ob). Reckoned the eldest of the seven sons; lord of the great river and its fish, the divine patron of the riverine subsistence of the Ob-Ugrians. Documented for the Vogul by Munkácsi and Karjalainen.
Parentage
Domains
- rivers and fishing
- fertility and fortune
Powers
- rules the whole Ob basin, its waters and its fish
Relations
- father: Upper Sky Father
- mother: Dawn and Birth Goddess
- sibling: World-Surveyor Man
- sibling: Pelym God