Death-God (Nga)
Nenets · deity · mythic / cosmic · Recorded classification
The Nenets underworld/death-god; classed 'deity'. Son of Num; the pair embodies the Samoyed sky/underworld dualism documented by Lehtisalo. English 'Death-God' leads, native Nga in term.
Parentage
- parent: Sky (Num)
Domains
- death and the underworld
- disease and pestilence
Powers
- deal out death and disease
- shape the world in rivalry with Num
Epithets
- Nga God of death, sickness, and the underworld; son of NumT. Lehtisalo, on Nenets (Samoyed) mythology (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: God's Lake (Num-to)Full sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Sky (Num)) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- enemy: Sky (Num)Death-god and sky-god stand opposed in the Samoyed light/dark dualism, though Nga is also Num's son; the registry parentage records the sonship.T. Lehtisalo, Entwurf einer Mythologie der Jurak-Samojeden (1924) (primary)
Sources
- Nga is the Nenets god of evil, death and the underworld, lord of diseases; he is the son and antipode of the sky-god Num and one of the two demiurges of a dualistic creation.: Lehtisalo, T. (1924). Entwurf einer Mythologie der Jurak-Samojeden. (ethnography); Encyclopedia.com, 'Num' and 'Nentsy'; Nga (god), en.wikipedia. (tertiary)