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

• Upper Sky Father

Domains

• rivers and fishing
• hunting

Powers

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

Relations

• father: Upper Sky Father
• mother: Dawn and Birth Goddess
• sibling: Old Man of the Ob
• sibling: World-Surveyor Man

Sources

• Bernát Munkácsi, Vogul Népköltési Gyűjtemény (Vogul Folklore Collection), 1892–1921
• K. F. Karjalainen, Die Religion der Jugra-Völker (FF Communications 41/44/63), 1921–1927