Earth-Mother of the Mari

Meadow Mari ⟨Мланде Ава⟩ Mlande Ava (mlande 'earth' + ava 'mother'). Part of the ava series (Tul-Ava fire-mother, Mardezh-Ava wind-mother, Vüd-Ava water-mother).

Domains

• earth and fertility
• childbirth and tillage

Powers

• makes the soil bring forth crops and quickens the womb

Relations

• interpretatio: Mother Earth (Ya-Nebya)
• equated with: Earth Mother

Sources

• Toidybekova, L. S. Mari Mythology: Encyclopedic Reference. Yoshkar-Ola, 2007.
• Sebeok, Thomas A., and Frances J. Ingemann. Studies in Cheremis: The Supernatural. 1956.