World-Surveyor Man
Mansi · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
Culture-hero / divine-rider tier (classed as demigod: a divine son and mediator-hero). Mansi Mir-susne-xum; Khanty Mĭr Šawijti Xu ('World-Surveying Man'). The pre-eminent Ob-Ugric cultural ancestor and intercessor; documentation chiefly from Munkácsi's Vogul (Mansi) folklore corpus and Karjalainen.
Parentage
- parent: Sky Father
Domains
- watching over the world
- intercession
- fertility and fortune
Powers
- rides the daily circuit of the world to oversee mankind
- bears the sky-father's messages between the worlds
- changes into a goose or crane to travel the sky
Epithets
- Mir-susne-khum The Man who watches over the world; youngest son of Numi-Torum, who rides the sky on a winged horseB. Munkácsi, on Vogul (Mansi) religion (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Old Man of the ObBoth sons of Numi-Torum; As-iki is the eldest, lord of the Ob.Munkácsi, Vogul Népköltési Gyűjtemény (1892-1921) (secondary)
- sibling: Pelym GodBoth sons of Numi-Torum; Polum-Torum is the Pelym god.Munkácsi, Vogul Népköltési Gyűjtemény (1892-1921) (secondary)
- equated with: World-Watching ManIdentical Ob-Ugric theonym 'World-Surveying Man', the intercessor son of the sky-god, shared by Khanty and Mansi.Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies (Khanty & Mansi vols.), eds. Napolskikh, Siikala & Hoppál; Holmberg, Mythology of All Races vol. 4, 1927 (secondary)
- sibling: World-Watching ManFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Sky Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Golden Old ManFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Sky Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Lower Sky LordFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Sky Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- Mir-susne-khum, the 'World-Surveyor / World-Watching Man', is the youngest son of Numi-Torum and Kaltes-Ekwa, a radiant sky-rider on the winged horse Tovlin-luva who oversees mankind and mediates between gods and humans.: Bernát Munkácsi, Vogul Folklore Collection, 1892–1921 (secondary); K. F. Karjalainen, Die Religion der Jugra-Völker, 1921–1927 (secondary)