Pelym God

River-lord son of Numi-Torum (classed as deity). Mansi Polum-Torum, 'god of the Pelym' (Polum/Pulim = the Pelym, the river of the Pelym Vogul). Patron of the Pelym country's game and fish, honoured with periodic sacrifice; his son Polum-torum-pyg is the patron spirit of Verhneye Nildino. Documented in Munkácsi's Vogul corpus.

Parentage

• father: Upper Sky FatherA son of the sky-father Numi-Torum, given the Pelym country.Munkácsi, Vogul Folklore Collection (1892–1921): Polum-Torum among the children of Numi-Torum (secondary)

Domains

• rivers and fishing
• hunting

Powers

• guards the Pelym country and its game-animals and fish

Relations

• father: Upper Sky FatherA son of the sky-father Numi-Torum, given the Pelym country.Munkácsi, Vogul Folklore Collection (1892–1921): Polum-Torum among the children of Numi-Torum (secondary)
• mother: Dawn and Birth GoddessBorn of Kaltes-Ekwa, mother of the sons of Numi-Torum.Munkácsi, Vogul Folklore Collection (1892–1921): the sons of Numi-Torum are the children of Kaltes-Ekwa (secondary)
• sibling: Old Man of the ObBrother of As-iki, lord of the Ob; both are river-lord sons of Numi-Torum.Munkácsi, Vogul Folklore Collection (1892–1921): the river-lords Polum-Torum and As-iki among the sons of Numi-Torum (secondary)
• sibling: World-Surveyor ManBrother of the World-Surveyor Man among the sons of Numi-Torum.Munkácsi, Vogul Folklore Collection (1892–1921): both reckoned sons of Numi-Torum (secondary)

Sources

• Polum-Torum (the 'Pelym god', Mansi Polum/Pulim = the Pelym river + torum 'god') is in Vogul (Mansi) religion a son of Numi-Torum, the patron god of the Pelym country and of its game-animals and fish; his son Polum-torum-pyg ('Son of the Pelym God') is venerated as a local patron spirit.: Bernát Munkácsi, Vogul Népköltési Gyűjtemény (Vogul Folklore Collection), 1892–1921 (secondary); K. F. Karjalainen, Die Religion der Jugra-Völker (FF Communications 41/44/63), 1921–1927 (secondary)