Water-Mother of the Mordvins
Mordvin · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Erzya ⟨Ведь ава⟩ Vedʼ ava (ved'/vedə 'water' + ava 'mother'); Moksha Vedʼ-ava. Cognate in pattern to Mari Vüd-Ava.
Domains
- water and rivers
- fertility and marriage
Powers
- governs the rivers and grants or drowns at will
Sources
- Vede-Ava (Ved-ava) is the Mordvin water-mother, mistress of rivers and springs and a patroness of fertility and marriage.: Harva (Holmberg), Uno. Die religiösen Vorstellungen der mordwinischen Völker. FFC 142, 1952. (secondary); Paasonen, Heikki. Mordwinische Volksdichtung. (secondary)