Fire-Mother of the Mari
Mari · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Meadow Mari ⟨Тул Ава⟩ Tul Ava (tul 'fire' + ava 'mother'). One of the personified natural-force 'mothers' alongside Mlande-Ava, Vüd-Ava and Mardezh-Ava.
Domains
- fire and hearth
Powers
- keeps the hearth-fire alive and pure
Sources
- Tul-Ava ('Fire-Mother') is the Mari goddess of fire, one of the ava 'mother' deities paired with the fire-god Tul.: Sebeok, Thomas A., and Frances J. Ingemann. Studies in Cheremis: The Supernatural. Viking Fund, 1956. (secondary); Toidybekova, L. S. Mari Mythology: Encyclopedic Reference. Yoshkar-Ola, 2007. (secondary)