Sun-God of the Mari
Mari · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Meadow Mari ⟨Кече⟩ Keče (keče 'sun, day'); fuller Keče Jumo. Solitary celestial power, propitiated in the küsoto grove with the other heaven-gods; an emanation of the henotheistic high god Kugu Jumo.
Domains
- sun and daylight
- light and warmth
Powers
- bears the sun across the heavens and gives daylight to the world
- warms the soil and ripens the grain with his light
Relations
- manifestation of: Great Sky-God of the MariKeče is treated as a manifestation/hypostasis of the supreme sky-god Kugu Jumo, not a kinsman; hierarchical, not a symmetric kin tie.Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric and Siberian Mythology, 1927; Mari religion is henotheistic — the sun-god is a hypostasis of Osh Kugu Jumo (god of the sky and light). (secondary)
Sources
- Keče (Keche-Jumo) is the Mari god of the sun and daylight, a heaven-deity of light counted among the principal gods and regarded as a hypostasis of the supreme sky-god Osh Kugu Jumo.: Holmberg, Uno (Harva). Finno-Ugric and Siberian Mythology (The Mythology of All Races, Vol. IV). Marshall Jones, 1927, Cheremis sections. (secondary); Toidybekova, L. S. Mari Mythology: Encyclopedic Reference. Yoshkar-Ola, 2007 (Keče). (secondary); Sebeok, Thomas A., and Frances J. Ingemann. Studies in Cheremis: The Supernatural. Viking Fund, 1956. (secondary)