Field-Mother of the Grain
Mordvin · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Erzya ⟨Норов ава⟩ Norov ava (norov 'grain/corn' + ava 'mother'). One of the numerous Mordvin ava patronesses of specific places and elements.
Children
Domains
- grainfields and harvest
Powers
- ripens the standing grain in the fields
- Quicken and ripen the standing grain
Relations
- lover: Sun-God of the ErzyaThe field-mother Norov-Ava and the Sun Chipaz are co-parents of Mastorpaz in the Erzya cosmology.Harva, Die religiösen Vorstellungen der mordwinischen Völker (FFC 142, 1952) (secondary)
Sources
- Norovava (Norov-ava, also Paksya-ava) is the Mordvin field-mother goddess of grain and the harvest; in Erzya cosmology mother (with the sun-god) of the underworld-god Mastorpaz.: Harva (Holmberg), Uno. Die religiösen Vorstellungen der mordwinischen Völker. FFC 142, 1952. (secondary); Sarv, Mari. 'Some Aspects of Mordvin Mythology.' Folklore 17, 2001. (secondary)