Great Sky-God of the Mari
Mari · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Meadow Mari ⟨Кугу Юмо⟩ Kugu Jumo (kugu 'great' + jumo 'god/sky'), also Kugurak 'the senior'. Mari religion is henotheistic. The Mari live in Mari El (Volga region).
Domains
- sky supremacy
- creation and law
Powers
- lays down the laws of the universe and shelters mankind
- creates the world and decrees the laws of the universe
Epithets
- Kugu Yumo The Great God; the supreme sky-deity of the MariMari (Cheremis) ethnography (secondary)
- Ош Поро Кугу Юмо Great White Good GodMari religion, in Encyclopedia.com (Mari and Mordvin Religion) (secondary)
- Кугурак the senior / the elderUno Harva (Holmberg), Finno-Ugric and Siberian Mythology (Mythology of All Races IV) (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Adversary Lord of the Earth-WaterReciprocal of mari_keremet.sibling — In the Mari dualist creation Keremet is the younger brother of the great sky god, born to mar the work of creation.Uno Holmberg, Finno-Ugric, Siberian Mythology (Mythology of All Races IV, 1927) (secondary)
- enemy: Adversary Lord of the Earth-WaterReciprocal of mari_keremet.enemy — The standing adversary of Kugu Yumo, corrupting his creation and receiving propitiation at the keremet groves.Uno Holmberg, Finno-Ugric, Siberian Mythology (Mythology of All Races IV, 1927) (secondary)
Sources
- Kugu Yumo ('Great God'), invoked as Osh Poro Kugu Yumo ('Great White Good God'), is the supreme sky-creator of Mari religion; most other deities are his manifestations.: Toidybekova, L. S. Mari Mythology: Encyclopedic Reference. Yoshkar-Ola, 2007. (secondary); Sebeok, Thomas A., and Frances J. Ingemann. Studies in Cheremis: The Supernatural. Viking Fund, 1956. (secondary)